To suspend rules and ask for a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes of the two houses in regard to H.R. 7104, a bill making appropriations for TH

On Feb 28, 1881, the House voted 179–67 (HR 7104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 99–20, Republicans 71–44, Others 10–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 64 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: 179
No: 67
Did not vote: 52
Date: Feb 28, 1881

By party

Democrats99 yes · 20 no · 27 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans71 yes · 44 no · 20 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT 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
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
John Robert Thomas R-IL 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
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
Alfred Moore Scales 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
Anson George Mccook R-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
John Henry Starin R-NY voted no
David Wilber 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
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
William David Hill D-OH voted no
Ebenezer Byron Finley D-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-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
Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA voted no
Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
John Walker Ryon D-PA voted no
Edward Overton Jr. R-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted no
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT 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 rules and ask for a conference…: House Vote, Feb 28, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-410/to-suspend-rules-and-ask-for-a-conference-with (accessed 2026-10-16).