To adjourn, to terminate business of the day.

On Jan 25, 1881, the House voted 104–103. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–98, Republicans 90–0, Others 6–5. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 8 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: 104
No: 103
Did not vote: 94
Date: Jan 25, 1881

By party

Democrats8 yes · 98 no · 40 didn’t vote
Others6 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans90 yes · 0 no · 45 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Poindexter Dunn D-AR voted yes
James Andrew Mckenzie D-KY voted yes
James Proctor Knott D-KY voted yes
Philip Burton Thompson Jr. D-KY voted yes
William Hodges Kitchin D-NC voted yes
David Browning Culberson D-TX voted yes
Olin Wellborn D-TX voted yes
Roger Quarles Mills D-TX 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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