House roll call 272 · 47th Congress · Jan 4, 1883
To pass S. 133, a bill regulating and improving the U.S. Civil service. (j.p. 163)
On Jan 4, 1883, the House voted 155–46 (S 133). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 105–7, Democrats 49–39, Others 5–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 46 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
- 155
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Jan 4, 1883
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 39 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans105 yes · 7 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Calvin Oates D-AL voted no
- Thomas Williams D-AL voted no
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted no
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
- John Floyd King D-LA voted no
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted no
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
- John Peter Leedom D-OH voted no
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
- Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- Robert Smalls R-SC voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- William Robert Moore R-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted no
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted no
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted no
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Emory Speer O-GA
- 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
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- 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
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-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
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Henry Gray Turner 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
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker 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
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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