House roll call 77 · 47th Congress · Apr 3, 1882
To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5200, a bill authorizing and directing the postmaster general to readjust the salaries of certain postmasters in accordance w
On Apr 3, 1882, the House voted 149–35 (HR 5200). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–8, Democrats 55–27, Others 9–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 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
- 149
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 121
- Date
- Apr 3, 1882
By party
- Democrats55 yes · 27 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Others9 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans84 yes · 8 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted no
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
- James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
- William George Thompson R-IA voted no
- George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
- William Steele Holman D-IN voted no
- Oscar Turner D-KY voted no
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO voted no
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC voted no
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ voted no
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY voted no
- John Hardy D-NY voted no
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
- Frank Hiscock R-NY voted no
- John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
- George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
- William Mutchler D-PA voted no
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA voted no
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN voted no
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
- Richard Warner D-TN voted no
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN voted no
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX voted no
- David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Thomas Hord Herndon D-AL
- Thomas Williams D-AL
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt D-AL
- William Henry Forney D-AL
- Jordan Edgar Cravens D-AR
- Thomas Montague Gunter D-AR
- William Starke Rosecrans D-CA
- James Burns Belford R-CO
- James Phelps D-CT
- John Turner Wait R-CT
- Frederick Miles R-CT
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL
- Jesse Johnson Finley D-FL
- Henry Gray Turner D-GA
- Philip Cook D-GA
- Hugh Buchanan D-GA
- Judson Claudius Clements D-GA
- Emory Speer O-GA
- Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell R-IA
- Thomas Updegraff R-IA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA
- William Aldrich R-IL
- John Crocker Sherwin R-IL
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk R-IL
- William Cullen R-IL
- Lewis Edwin Payson R-IL
- John Henry Lewis R-IL
- James Washington Singleton D-IL
- William McKendree Springer D-IL
- Dietrich Conrad Smith R-IL
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton D-IL
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL
- John Robert Thomas R-IL
- William Heilman R-IN
- Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN
- George Washington Steele R-IN
- William Henry Calkins R-IN
- John Alexander Anderson R-KS
- Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS
- John William Caldwell D-KY
- James Proctor Knott D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- John Daugherty White R-KY
- Elijah Conner Phister D-KY
- Ezekiel John Ellis D-LA
- Newton Crain Blanchard D-LA
- Edward White Robertson D-LA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney R-MA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA
- Eben Francis Stone R-MA
- William Augustus Russell 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
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Thomas Brackett Reed R-ME
- Nelson Dingley Jr. R-ME
- George Washington Ladd O-ME
- Thompson Henry Murch O-ME
- Julius Caesar Burrows R-MI
- George Washington Webber R-MI
- John Tyler Rich R-MI
- Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI
- Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI
- Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN
- Horace Burton Strait R-MN
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Richard Parks Bland D-MO
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine O-MO
- Theron Moses Rice O-MO
- Robert Thompson Van Horn R-MO
- Joseph Henry Burrows O-MO
- William Henry Hatch D-MO
- Vannoy Hartrog (Van) Manning D-MS
- Hernando De Soto Money D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- James Ronald Chalmers D-MS
- Louis Charles Latham D-NC
- Orlando Hubbs R-NC
- Clement Dowd D-NC
- Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC
- Robert Brank Vance D-NC
- Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE
- Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH
- Ossian Ray R-NH
- John Hart Brewer R-NJ
- John Hill R-NJ
- John Hyatt Smith I-NY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt D-NY
- John Henry Ketcham R-NY
- Lewis Beach D-NY
- John Hammond R-NY
- Abraham X. Parker R-NY
- Charles Rufus Skinner R-NY
- John Van Voorhis R-NY
- Richard Crowley R-NY
- Benjamin Butterworth R-OH
- Emanuel Shultz R-OH
- James Monroe Ritchie R-OH
- John Peter Leedom D-OH
- John Birchard Rice R-OH
- Gibson Atherton D-OH
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff 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
- William Darrah Kelley R-PA
- William Ward R-PA
- William Godshalk R-PA
- Robert Klotz D-PA
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin R-PA
- Andrew Gregg Curtin D-PA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- John Smythe Richardson D-SC
- David Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- George Dionysius Tillman D-SC
- Augustus Herman Pettibone R-TN
- John Ford House D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- William Robert Moore R-TN
- George Washington Jones O-TX
- Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX
- George Tankard Garrison D-VA
- Joseph Jorgensen R-VA
- John Randolph Tucker D-VA
- John Paul O-VA
- Abram Fulkerson 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
- Richard William Guenther R-WI
- Herman Leon Humphrey R-WI
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI
- Benjamin Wilson D-WV
- John Blair Hoge D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- Poindexter Dunn D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA
- James Henderson Blount D-GA
- William George Thompson R-IA
- George Royal Davis R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Ralls Morrison D-IL
- Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN
- William Steele Holman D-IN
- Oscar Turner D-KY
- Albert Shelby Willis D-KY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY
- Lowndes Henry Davis D-MO
- William Ruffin Cox D-NC
- James Frankland Briggs R-NH
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh D-NJ
- Philip Henry Dugro D-NY
- John Hardy D-NY
- Waldo Hutchins D-NY
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- John Henry Camp R-NY
- George Washington Geddes D-OH
- William Mutchler D-PA
- Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA
- Samuel Henry Miller R-PA
- George Gibbs Dibrell D-TN
- Benton Mcmillin D-TN
- Richard Warner D-TN
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN
- Charles Bryson Simonton D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- David Browning Culberson D-TX
- Roger Quarles Mills D-TX
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI
Did not vote
- Hilary Abner Herbert D-AL
- William Calvin Oates D-AL
- Charles Miller Shelley D-AL
- Joseph Wheeler D-AL
- William Manning Lowe O-AL
- Horace Francis Page R-CA
- Campbell Polson Berry D-CA
- Romualdo Pacheco R-CA
- John Ransom Buck R-CT
- Edward Livingston Martin D-DE
- Horatio Bisbee Jr. R-FL
- George Robison Black D-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens D-GA
- Seaborn Reese D-GA
- John Calhoun Cook D-IA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts R-IA
- John Adam Kasson R-IA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Robert Roberts Hitt R-IL
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL
- Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL
- Strother Madison Stockslager D-IN
- Courtland Cushing Matson D-IN
- Stanton Judkins Peelle R-IN
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce R-IN
- Charles Taylor Doxey R-IN
- Godlove Stein Orth R-IN
- Mark Lindsey De Motte R-IN
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN
- Thomas Ryan R-KS
- James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall R-LA
- John Floyd King D-LA
- William Wallace Crapo R-MA
- Leopold Morse D-MA
- Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell D-MD
- Robert Milligan Mclane D-MD
- Andrew Grant Chapman D-MD
- Milton George Urner R-MD
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME
- Henry William Lord R-MI
- Edwin Willits R-MI
- Edward Samuel Lacey R-MI
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding R-MI
- Martin Linn Clardy D-MO
- James Henry Mclean R-MO
- Thomas Allen D-MO
- Gustavus Sessinghaus R-MO
- Richard Graham Frost D-MO
- Nicholas Ford O-MO
- John Bullock Clark Jr. D-MO
- Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow D-MS
- Charles Edward Hooker D-MS
- John Roy Lynch R-MS
- John Williams Shackelford D-NC
- Alfred Moore Scales D-NC
- George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ
- Miles Ross D-NJ
- Henry Schenck Harris D-NJ
- Phineas Jones R-NJ
- George Williams Cassidy D-NV
- Perry Belmont D-NY
- William Erigena Robinson D-NY
- Benjamin Wood D-NY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY
- Anson George Mccook R-NY
- Roswell Pettibone Flower D-NY
- Thomas Cornell R-NY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan D-NY
- Walter Abbott Wood R-NY
- George West R-NY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. R-NY
- Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY
- Joseph Mason R-NY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth R-NY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- David Plunket Richardson R-NY
- Jonathan Scoville D-NY
- Henry Van Aernam R-NY
- Thomas Lowry Young R-OH
- Henry Lee Morey R-OH
- Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- James Sidney Robinson R-OH
- Henry Safford Neal R-OH
- George Leroy Converse D-OH
- Rufus Dawes R-OH
- Joseph Danner Taylor R-OH
- Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH
- Charles O'Neill R-PA
- Samuel Jackson Randall D-PA
- Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA
- Daniel Ermentrout D-PA
- Abraham Herr Smith R-PA
- Joseph Augustine Scranton R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm O-PA
- Samuel Fleming Barr R-PA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker R-PA
- Jacob Miller Campbell R-PA
- Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA
- Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA
- Russell Errett R-PA
- James Mosgrove O-PA
- Lewis Findlay Watson R-PA
- Henry Joshua Spooner R-RI
- Edmund William McGregor Mackey R-SC
- Samuel Dibble D-SC
- John Hamilton Evins D-SC
- Robert Smalls R-SC
- Leonidas Campbell Houk R-TN
- Olin Wellborn D-TX
- John Frederick Dezendorf R-VA
- George Douglas Wise D-VA
- George Craighead Cabell D-VA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- Peter Victor Deuster D-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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