To adopt a resolution providing that for the remainder of this session, it shall be in order at any time to suspend rules and take from the speaker's table h.r.

On Feb 26, 1883, the House voted 120–20 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 119–8, Democrats 0–7, Others 0–5, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 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: 120
No: 20
Did not vote: 165
Date: Feb 26, 1883

By party

Democrats0 yes · 7 no · 129 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans119 yes · 8 no · 28 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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