To adjourn, made during debate on a resolution.

On Dec 15, 1877, the House voted 39–116. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–94, Republicans 41–26, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.

During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 39
No: 116
Did not vote: 139
Date: Dec 15, 1877

By party

Democrats0 yes · 94 no · 64 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no
Republicans41 yes · 26 no · 75 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Hiram Price R-IA voted no
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
William Lathrop R-IL voted no
John Hanna R-IN voted no
Morton Craig Hunter R-IN voted no
James La Fayette Evans R-IN voted no
Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted no
Edwin William Keightley R-MI voted no
John Wesley Stone R-MI voted no
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted no
Jay Abel Hubbell R-MI voted no
Curtis Hooks Brogden R-NC voted no
Thomas Baldwin Peddie R-NJ voted no
Jacob Dolson Cox R-OH voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes R-OH voted no
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
Joseph Hayne Rainey R-SC voted no
Richard Harvey Cain R-SC voted no
Joseph Jorgensen R-VA voted no
Charles Herbert Joyce R-VT voted no
Dudley Chase Denison R-VT voted no
George Whitman Hendee R-VT voted no
George Cochrane Hazelton R-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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