House roll call 260 · 47th Congress · Dec 18, 1882
To adopt a joint resolution providing that Congress adjourn from december 22, 1882, to january 3, 1883. (p. 408-1)
On Dec 18, 1882, the House voted 104–124. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–86, Democrats 69–32, Others 4–5, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 63 members voted against their own party.
During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 104
- No
- 124
- Did not vote
- 77
- Date
- Dec 18, 1882
By party
- Democrats69 yes · 32 no · 35 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 86 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR voted no
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted no
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted yes
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted no
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted no
- George Washington Webber R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- James Henry Mclean R-MO voted yes
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted yes
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
- John Hammond R-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted yes
- Richard Crowley R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted yes
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted yes
- John Birchard Rice R-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
- William Ward R-PA voted yes
- William Godshalk R-PA voted yes
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA voted yes
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted yes
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted yes
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted no
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- James Manning Tyler R-VT voted yes
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To adopt a joint resolution providing that…: House Vote, Dec 18, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-260/to-adopt-a-joint-resolution-providing-that-congress-adjourn (accessed 2026-10-17).