To adopt a resolution stipulating that when the two houses adjourn on friday, december 22, 1882, they do so until noon tuesday, jan. 5, 1883. (p. 440-1)

On Dec 19, 1882, the House voted 127–101. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 51–68, Democrats 70–28, Others 6–4, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 79 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: 127
No: 101
Did not vote: 77
Date: Dec 19, 1882

By party

Democrats70 yes · 28 no · 38 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans51 yes · 68 no · 36 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Thomas Williams D-AL 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
Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted yes
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL 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
Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted yes
Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted yes
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted yes
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted yes
Milton George Urner R-MD voted yes
Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
George Washington Webber R-MI voted yes
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
James Henry Mclean R-MO voted yes
Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Louis Charles Latham 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
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted yes
Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
Walter Abbott Wood R-NY voted yes
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted yes
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted yes
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted yes
Richard Crowley R-NY voted yes
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted yes
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted yes
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted yes
John Birchard Rice R-OH voted yes
Rufus Dawes 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
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted yes
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted yes
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted yes
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted yes
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
Robert Smalls R-SC 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
James Manning Tyler R-VT voted yes
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted yes
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes
Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI voted yes
Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To adopt a resolution stipulating that when…: House Vote, Dec 19, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-263/to-adopt-a-resolution-stipulating-that-when-the-two (accessed 2026-10-13).