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HTML

<table class="repeater large">
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td headers="Cardholder ID" nowrap="nowrap">1234</td>
      <td headers="Cardholder Name">JONATHAN</td>
      <td headers="Client Name">Some Company</td>
      <td headers="CardStatus">Closed</td>
      <td headers="Card Last Four">1234</td>
      <td headers="View" nowrap="nowrap"><a id="button" title="Activity" href="#">Activity</a></td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="alternaterow">
      <td headers="Cardholder ID" nowrap="nowrap">5555</td>
      <td headers="Cardholder Name">JONATHAN</td>
      <td headers="Client Name">Some Company</td>
      <td headers="CardStatus">Active</td>
      <td headers="Card Last Four">555</td>
      <td headers="View" nowrap="nowrap"><a id="button" title="Activity" href="#">Activity</a></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

var rows = document.querySelectorAll('table tbody tr');

[].forEach.call(rows, function(tr) {
  var td = tr.querySelector('td:first-child');
  console.log(td);
  if (td.innerText === '5555')
		tr.querySelector('td:last-child').click();
});