House roll call 311 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 3843. (p. 3843)
On Feb 19, 1883, the House voted 158–95 (HR 3843). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 126–5, Democrats 26–85, Others 5–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 158
- No
- 95
- Did not vote
- 52
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 85 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans126 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Philip Cook D-GA voted yes
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted yes
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted yes
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
- William Godshalk R-PA voted no
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- 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
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-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
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson 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
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-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
- 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
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-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
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker 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
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Birchard Rice 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
- 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
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams 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
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
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- 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
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- John Henry Lewis 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
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- 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
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Richard Warner D-TN
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
Other votes
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