To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 4705, a bill amending title 16 of the revised statutes relative to the militia. (p. 3947-1)

On May 15, 1882, the House voted 61–138 (HR 4705). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 60–40, Democrats 1–89, Others 0–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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: 61
No: 138
Did not vote: 105
Date: May 15, 1882

By party

Democrats1 yes · 89 no · 46 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 10 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans60 yes · 40 no · 55 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Turner Wait R-CT voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted no
Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted no
John Henry Lewis R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
George Washington Steele R-IN voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Henry William Lord R-MI voted no
Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted no
Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI voted no
George Washington Webber R-MI voted no
John Tyler Rich R-MI voted no
Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted yes
John Roy Lynch R-MS voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
John Hart Brewer R-NJ voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY voted no
Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
Joseph Mason R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
Benjamin Butterworth R-OH voted no
Emanuel Shultz R-OH voted no
James Monroe Ritchie R-OH voted no
James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
John Birchard Rice R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN voted no
George Cochrane Hazelton 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. 4705, a…: House Vote, May 15, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-112/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-4705 (accessed 2026-10-17).