To adjourn, due to too much dissension.

On Jan 21, 1881, the House voted 49–72. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 37–21, Republicans 9–48, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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: 49
No: 72
Did not vote: 180
Date: Jan 21, 1881

By party

Democrats37 yes · 21 no · 88 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 48 no · 78 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William James Samford D-AL voted no
Charles Miller Shelley D-AL voted no
Horace Davis R-CA voted yes
Nathaniel Cobb Deering R-IA voted yes
William McKendree Springer D-IL voted no
Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL voted yes
John Griffin Carlisle D-KY voted no
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY voted no
John Floyd King D-LA voted no
Leopold Morse D-MA voted no
George Bailey Loring R-MA voted yes
Mark Spencer Brewer R-MI voted yes
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted yes
Richard Graham Frost D-MO voted no
John Finis Philips D-MO voted no
Joshua Gilman Hall R-NH voted yes
James Way Covert D-NY voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
John A. Mcmahon D-OH voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted no
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted no
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted no
Ezra Booth Taylor R-OH voted yes
John Ford House D-TN voted no
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted no
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted no
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX voted no
Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted no
John Goode Jr. D-VA voted no
John Randolph Tucker D-VA 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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