To pass H.R. 6242. (p. 6800-2)

On Aug 2, 1882, the House voted 122–59 (HR 6242). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 67–32, Democrats 57–30, Others 6–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 122
No: 59
Did not vote: 112
Date: Aug 2, 1882

By party

Democrats57 yes · 30 no · 49 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans67 yes · 32 no · 56 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Gray Turner D-GA voted no
Hugh Buchanan D-GA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
John Adam Kasson R-IA voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN voted no
William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN voted no
Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted no
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME voted no
Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
John Hill R-NJ voted no
George Williams Cassidy D-NV voted no
Perry Belmont D-NY voted no
William Erigena Robinson D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
John Hardy D-NY voted no
Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY voted no
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
Henry Lee Morey R-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
John Peter Leedom D-OH voted no
James Sidney Robinson R-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
William Mutchler D-PA voted no
Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA voted no
Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA voted no
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
Richard Warner D-TN voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
James Manning Tyler R-VT 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 pass H.R. 6242. (p. 6800-2): House Vote, Aug 2, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-H-244/to-pass-h-r-6242-p-6800-2 (accessed 2026-10-17).