House roll call 28 · 47th Congress · Feb 14, 1882
To table a resolution ordering attorney-general's opinion on the legality of the action of british empire in holding a United States citizen on suspicion, suspe
On Feb 14, 1882, the House voted 117–103. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–82, Republicans 92–13, Others 2–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 117
- No
- 103
- Did not vote
- 84
- Date
- Feb 14, 1882
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 82 no · 31 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans92 yes · 13 no · 50 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted yes
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Henry William Lord R-MI voted no
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted yes
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
- John Birchard Rice R-OH voted no
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Philip Cook D-GA
- 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 Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks 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
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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