To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 7104, (21 stat. 468, 3/3/81), a bill making appropriations for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of cert

On Feb 7, 1881, the House voted 160–86 (HR 7104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 87–31, Republicans 64–47, Others 9–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 78 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 160
No: 86
Did not vote: 55
Date: Feb 7, 1881

By party

Democrats87 yes · 31 no · 28 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Republicans64 yes · 47 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Ferguson Slemons D-AR voted no
Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
William Ralls Morrison D-IL voted no
John Robert Thomas R-IL voted no
Richard Wellington Townshend D-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
George Augustus Bicknell D-IN voted no
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted no
Calvin Cowgill 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
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Walbridge Abner Field R-MA voted no
Selwyn Zadock Bowman R-MA voted no
William Whitney Rice R-MA voted no
Amasa Norcross R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Stephen Decatur Lindsey R-ME voted no
William Hodges Kitchin D-NC voted no
Joseph Jonathan Davis D-NC voted no
Alfred Moore Scales D-NC voted no
Walter Leak Steele D-NC voted no
Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Ossian Ray R-NH voted no
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
Waldo Hutchins D-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John William Ferdon R-NY voted no
William Lounsbery D-NY voted no
John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted no
Walter Abbott Wood R-NY voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
David Plunket Richardson R-NY voted no
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
Thomas Lowry Young R-OH voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
William Godshalk R-PA voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Walker Ryon D-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Horatio Gates Fisher R-PA voted no
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
James H. Osmer R-PA 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 suspend the rules and pass H.R. 7104, (21…: House Vote, Feb 7, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-376/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-7104 (accessed 2026-10-17).