House roll call 332 · 47th Congress · Mar 2, 1883
To recede and concur in Senate amendments 2 and 3 to H.R. 7049. These amendments relate to the fixing of the rate of compensation for carrying mail by the land
On Mar 2, 1883, the House voted 125–117 (HR 7049). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 108–22, Democrats 14–86, Others 2–9, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 125
- No
- 117
- Did not vote
- 63
- Date
- Mar 2, 1883
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 86 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans108 yes · 22 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted no
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted no
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN voted no
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN voted no
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted yes
- Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ voted no
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
- William Godshalk R-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Morgan Ringland Wise 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
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis 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
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- 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
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp 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
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill 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
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-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
- 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
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- 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
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- 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
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-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
- 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
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Nicholas Ford 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
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-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
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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