House roll call 310 · 47th Congress · Feb 16, 1883
To pass H.R. 4782. (j.p. 426)
On Feb 16, 1883, the House voted 169–58 (HR 7482). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 120–3, Democrats 41–53, Others 8–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- 169
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 78
- Date
- Feb 16, 1883
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 53 no · 42 didn’t vote
- Others8 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans120 yes · 3 no · 32 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL voted yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Forney D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Seaborn Reese D-GA voted yes
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted yes
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted yes
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- John Hardy D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted yes
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
- John Peter Leedom D-OH voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted yes
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted yes
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted yes
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- John Floyd King 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
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- John Van Voorhis 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 Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-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
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. 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
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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