To adjourn, due to the late hour.

On Feb 23, 1881, the House voted 81–87. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 48–36, Democrats 24–48, Others 9–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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: 81
No: 87
Did not vote: 133
Date: Feb 23, 1881

By party

Democrats24 yes · 48 no · 74 didn’t vote
Others9 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans48 yes · 36 no · 51 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D-FL voted yes
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
William George Thompson R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
William Heilman R-IN voted no
Thomas Reed Cobb D-IN voted yes
Thomas McLelland Browne R-IN voted no
Abraham Jonathan (Abram) Hostetler D-IN voted yes
Walpole Gillespie Colerick D-IN voted yes
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
Edwin Willits R-MI voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
Roswell Gilbert Horr R-MI voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
Erastus Wells D-MO voted yes
James Ronald Chalmers D-MS voted yes
Edward Kimble Valentine R-NE voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
Nicholas Muller D-NY voted yes
Samuel Sullivan Cox D-NY voted yes
Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
Anson George Mccook R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted no
Cyrus Dan Prescott R-NY voted no
John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
Benjamin Le Fevre D-OH voted yes
Frank Hunt Hurd D-OH voted yes
Henry Safford Neal R-OH voted no
Adoniram Judson Warner D-OH voted yes
Gibson Atherton D-OH voted yes
George Washington Geddes D-OH voted yes
William Mckinley Jr. R-OH voted no
James Monroe R-OH voted no
Amos Townsend R-OH voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth D-PA voted yes
Harry White R-PA voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Latimer Whipple Ballou R-RI voted no
John Smythe Richardson D-SC voted yes
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
John Hamilton Evins D-SC voted yes
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
Benton Mcmillin D-TN voted yes
Christopher Columbus Upson D-TX voted yes
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg D-WI voted yes
Gabriel Bouck D-WI voted yes
Thaddeus Coleman Pound R-WI voted no
Benjamin Wilson D-WV voted yes

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 adjourn, due to the late hour.: House Vote, Feb 23, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-390/to-adjourn-due-to-the-late-hour (accessed 2026-10-17).