House roll call 73 · 47th Congress · Mar 23, 1882
To pass S. 71, a bill relating to the immigration of chinese into the United States.
On Mar 23, 1882, the House voted 167–66 (S 71). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 58–65, Democrats 99–4, Others 11–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 62 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
- 167
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 67
- Date
- Mar 23, 1882
By party
- Democrats99 yes · 4 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Others11 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans58 yes · 65 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Horace Francis Page R-CA voted yes
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA voted yes
- James Burns Belford R-CO voted yes
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted yes
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL voted yes
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- John Henry Lewis R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted yes
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- John Robert Thomas R-IL voted yes
- William Heilman R-IN voted yes
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted yes
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted yes
- William Henry Calkins R-IN voted yes
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA voted yes
- Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
- Edwin Willits R-MI voted yes
- George Washington Webber R-MI voted yes
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI voted yes
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted yes
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- William Drew Washburn R-MN voted yes
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO voted yes
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS voted no
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC voted yes
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted yes
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted yes
- John Hill R-NJ voted yes
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Cornell R-NY voted yes
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY voted yes
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted yes
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted yes
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted yes
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted yes
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Addison S. Mcclure R-OH voted yes
- Amos Townsend R-OH voted yes
- Melvin Clark George R-OR voted yes
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted yes
- Charles O'Neill R-PA voted yes
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted yes
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted yes
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA voted yes
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted yes
- Russell Errett R-PA voted yes
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted yes
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted yes
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted yes
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA voted yes
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted yes
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI voted yes
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI voted yes
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-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
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- 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
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- William Mckinley Jr. R-OH
- Addison S. Mcclure 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
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-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
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- 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 Tankard Garrison D-VA
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone 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
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- William Ward R-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- 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
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- George West R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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