House roll call 32 · 47th Congress · Feb 16, 1882
To amend H.R. 3550, by providing that the house be composed of 325 members from march 3, 1883. (p. 965-1, p. 1235-1)
On Feb 16, 1882, the House voted 162–104 (HR 3550). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 133–2, Democrats 20–99, Others 9–3. 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
- 162
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 16, 1882
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 99 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans133 yes · 2 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL voted yes
- John Daugherty White R-KY voted no
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
- Edward White Robertson D-LA voted yes
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Lewis Beach D-NY voted yes
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted yes
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
- Olin Wellborn D-TX voted yes
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted yes
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted yes
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson 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
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-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
- Godlove Stein Orth 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
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-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
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-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
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-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
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor 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
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover 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
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- William Robert Moore R-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
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- John Paul O-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
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- 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
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- George Robison Black D-GA
- 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
- 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
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Williams Shackelford 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
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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