House roll call 71 · 47th Congress · Mar 21, 1882
To suspend rules and adopt a resolution providing that H.R. 4197 be taken from the committee of the whole, and considered daily thereafter until disposed of, bu
On Mar 21, 1882, the House voted 163–55 (HR 4197). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 116–1, Democrats 35–54, Others 12–0. 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
- 163
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 87
- Date
- Mar 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 54 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Others12 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans116 yes · 1 no · 38 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL voted yes
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted yes
- James Phelps D-CT voted yes
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE voted yes
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL voted yes
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted yes
- James Washington Singleton D-IL voted yes
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL voted yes
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted yes
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
- James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD voted yes
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted yes
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS voted yes
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted yes
- Clement Dowd D-NC voted yes
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted yes
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY voted yes
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted yes
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY voted yes
- George Leroy Converse D-OH voted yes
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted yes
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted yes
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA voted yes
- George Douglas Wise D-VA voted yes
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco 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
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- 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
- Charles Benjamin Farwell 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
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney 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
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-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
- 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
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Clement Dowd D-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
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth 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
- George Leroy Converse D-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
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell 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
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- 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
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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