To pass H.R. 880, a bill providing for the erection of a public building at hannibal, missouri. (p. 3512-1)

On May 2, 1882, the House voted 126–52 (HR 880). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 72–13, Republicans 44–39, Others 9–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 52 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: 126
No: 52
Did not vote: 127
Date: May 2, 1882

By party

Democrats72 yes · 13 no · 51 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Republicans44 yes · 39 no · 72 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Ransom Buck R-CT voted no
Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
Judson Claudius Clements D-GA voted no
Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele 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
John Wilson Candler R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
George Washington Webber R-MI voted no
Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted no
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Philip Henry Dugro D-NY voted no
John Hardy D-NY voted no
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
Richard William Guenther 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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