House roll call 313 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5538 (22-stat-488, 3/3/83), a bill reducing internal revenue taxation.
On Feb 19, 1883, the House voted 162–97 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 115–18, Democrats 46–73, Others 2–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 64 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
- 162
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 44
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 73 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 6 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans115 yes · 18 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted yes
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- George Washington Covington D-MD voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD voted yes
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC voted yes
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted yes
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted yes
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted yes
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC voted yes
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
- Miles Ross D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- John Hardy D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY voted yes
- George Leroy Converse 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
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted no
- 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
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-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
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed 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
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Orlando Hubbs R-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
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-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
- Cyrus Dan Prescott 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
- Richard Crowley 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 Leroy Converse D-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
- 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
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher 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
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton 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
- Thomas Williams 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
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh 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
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- 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
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin 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
- 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 Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- 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
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- 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
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Paul O-VA
Other votes
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5538…: House Vote, Feb 19, 1883,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-313/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-5538 (accessed 2026-10-17).