House roll call 277 · 47th Congress · Jan 11, 1883
To amend H.R. 7061, a bill regulating the american merchant marine and encouraging the foreign carrying trade, by providing that from may 1, 1883, any citizen o
On Jan 11, 1883, the House voted 125–104 (HR 7061). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–88, Democrats 93–9, Others 3–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 125
- No
- 104
- Did not vote
- 75
- Date
- Jan 11, 1883
By party
- Democrats93 yes · 9 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 88 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted yes
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted yes
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA voted yes
- William Aldrich R-IL voted yes
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted yes
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL voted yes
- William Cullen R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL voted yes
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted yes
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN voted yes
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA voted no
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA voted yes
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA voted yes
- John Wilson Candler R-MA voted yes
- William Whitney Rice R-MA voted yes
- Amasa Norcross R-MA voted yes
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted yes
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI voted yes
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN voted yes
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS voted no
- Phineas Jones R-NJ voted yes
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
- Anson George Mccook R-NY voted yes
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY voted yes
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY voted yes
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA voted no
- Richard William Guenther R-WI voted yes
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- James Phelps D-CT
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-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
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- John Wilson Candler R-MA
- William Whitney Rice R-MA
- Amasa Norcross R-MA
- George Dexter Robinson R-MA
- George Washington Covington D-MD
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- 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
- 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
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- Emory Speer O-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- William Augustus Russell R-MA
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- Rufus Dawes 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk 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
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT
- James Manning Tyler R-VT
- William Wallace Grout R-VT
- Charles Grandison Williams R-WI
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R-WI
- George Cochrane Hazelton R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- Abram Fulkerson O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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