To suspend the rules and adopt h.j.r. 238, a resolution discharging the committee of the whole from further consideration of the claim of william b. Isaacs & co

On Jan 15, 1883, the House voted 64–128 (HJR 238). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–104, Democrats 61–19, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 64
No: 128
Did not vote: 113
Date: Jan 15, 1883

By party

Democrats61 yes · 19 no · 56 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans3 yes · 104 no · 48 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR voted no
James Phelps D-CT voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted yes
Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
Lewis Beach D-NY voted no
Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA voted yes
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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