To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5804 (22-stat-58, 5/6/82) , a bill executing certain treaty stipulations relating to chinese immigration. (p. 2967-1)

On Apr 17, 1882, the House voted 202–37 (HR 5804). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 88–35, Democrats 104–3, Others 11–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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: 202
No: 37
Did not vote: 63
Date: Apr 17, 1882

By party

Democrats104 yes · 3 no · 29 didn’t vote
Others11 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 35 no · 32 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
Henry Van Aernam R-NY voted no
Emanuel Shultz R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
John Birchard Rice R-OH voted no
Rufus Dawes R-OH voted no
William Ward R-PA voted no
William Robert Moore R-TN voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
William Wallace Grout R-VT voted no
Charles Grandison Williams R-WI voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-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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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5804…: House Vote, Apr 17, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-83/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-5804 (accessed 2026-10-17).