To adjourn because of an evident lack of quorum. (p. 1364-1)

On Feb 21, 1882, the House voted 63–89. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 50–26, Democrats 13–58, Others 0–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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: 63
No: 89
Did not vote: 153
Date: Feb 21, 1882

By party

Democrats13 yes · 58 no · 65 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 26 no · 79 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
George Robison Black D-GA voted yes
Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted yes
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL voted no
John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted yes
Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted yes
Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted no
Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted yes
Philip Henry Dugro D-NY voted yes
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
Emanuel Shultz R-OH voted no
James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
John Birchard Rice R-OH voted no
Addison S. Mcclure R-OH voted no
Melvin Clark George R-OR voted no
Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted no
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Jonathan Chace R-RI voted no
John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted yes
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted no
Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI 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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