House roll call 333 · 47th Congress · Mar 2, 1883
To suspend the rules and pass S. 2046, a bill authorizing the southern pacific railroad and other railroad companies to consolidate their lines, so as to form a
On Mar 2, 1883, the House voted 87–127 (S 2046). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 57–48, Democrats 24–76, Others 5–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 72 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
- 87
- No
- 127
- Did not vote
- 90
- Date
- Mar 2, 1883
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 76 no · 36 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans57 yes · 48 no · 50 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Frederick Miles R-CT voted no
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- William Cullen R-IL voted no
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted yes
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Heilman R-IN voted no
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN voted no
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN voted no
- George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
- John William Caldwell D-KY voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted yes
- John Floyd King D-LA voted yes
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted yes
- John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
- John Hill R-NJ voted no
- Phineas Jones R-NJ voted no
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted yes
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted yes
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY voted yes
- John Hammond R-NY voted no
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH voted no
- William Godshalk R-PA voted no
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted no
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted no
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA voted no
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
- Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted yes
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA voted yes
- James Manning Tyler R-VT voted no
- William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Blair Hoge D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows 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
- 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
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Amos Townsend R-OH
- Melvin Clark George R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Hilary Abner Herbert 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
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- 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
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- 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
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland 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
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- 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 Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- George Maxwell Robeson R-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
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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