To pass H.R. 2136, a bill authorizing the payment of $800 to morgan rawls to reimburse him for a dwelling house located at guyton, ga., which was mistaken for a

On Jan 20, 1883, the House voted 96–63 (HR 2136). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–57, Democrats 63–6, Others 9–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 96
No: 63
Did not vote: 146
Date: Jan 20, 1883

By party

Democrats63 yes · 6 no · 67 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans24 yes · 57 no · 74 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted yes
William George Thompson R-IA voted yes
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted yes
John Daugherty White R-KY voted yes
Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted yes
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
Milton George Urner R-MD voted yes
Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI voted yes
James Henry Mclean R-MO voted yes
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ voted yes
John Hill R-NJ voted yes
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
Emanuel Shultz R-OH voted yes
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted yes
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted yes
Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN voted yes
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
William Robert Moore R-TN voted yes
James Manning Tyler R-VT voted yes
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
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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