To table a resolution setting final adjournment for may 31, 1880.

On May 15, 1880, the House voted 82–123. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 66–38, Republicans 6–82, Others 10–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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: 82
No: 123
Did not vote: 96
Date: May 15, 1880

By party

Democrats66 yes · 38 no · 42 didn’t vote
Others10 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 82 no · 47 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Phelps D-CT voted no
Noble Andrew Hull D-FL voted no
Philip Cook D-GA voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
William Andrew Jackson Sparks D-IL voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted yes
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted yes
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted yes
Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
John Floyd King D-LA voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Henry Poehler D-MN voted no
Martin Linn Clardy D-MO voted no
Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted no
Richard Parks Bland D-MO voted no
James Richard Waddill D-MO voted no
Aylett Hawes Buckner D-MO voted no
Hezekiah Bradley Smith D-NJ voted no
Miles Ross D-NJ voted no
Rollin Mallory Daggett R-NV voted yes
Archibald Meserole Bliss D-NY voted no
William Lounsbery D-NY voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
George Leroy Converse D-OH voted no
Henry Luther Dickey D-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Hiester Clymer D-PA voted no
Reuben Knecht Bachman D-PA voted no
Robert Klotz D-PA voted no
John Walker Ryon D-PA voted no
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D-PA voted no
John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted no
Michael Patrick O'Connor D-SC voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted no
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted no
James Buchanan Richmond D-VA voted no
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted no
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted no
Benjamin Franklin Martin D-WV voted no
John Edward Kenna D-WV 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 table a resolution setting final…: House Vote, May 15, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-264/to-table-a-resolution-setting-final-adjournment-for-may (accessed 2026-10-13).