To suspend the rules and pass H.R. 440, (21 stat. 504, 3/3/81), a bill for the ascertainment of the amount due the choctaw nation.

On Feb 21, 1881, the House voted 175–44 (HR 440). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 80–30, Republicans 83–12, Others 12–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 42 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: 175
No: 44
Did not vote: 82
Date: Feb 21, 1881

By party

Democrats80 yes · 30 no · 36 didn’t vote
Others12 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans83 yes · 12 no · 40 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Campbell Polson Berry D-CA voted no
Nathaniel Job Hammond D-GA voted no
James Henderson Blount D-GA voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted no
John William Caldwell D-KY voted no
Albert Shelby Willis D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted no
John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
Gideon Frank Rothwell D-MO voted no
William Henry Hatch D-MO voted no
Robert Franklin Armfield D-NC voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted no
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted no
William Lounsbery D-NY voted no
David Wilber R-NY voted no
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
John Whiteaker D-OR voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
Morgan Ringland Wise D-PA voted no
Thomas McKee Bayne R-PA voted no
Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted no
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins D-TN voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI 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. 440, (21…: House Vote, Feb 21, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-386/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-440 (accessed 2026-10-17).