To adjourn, due to late hour.

On Feb 24, 1881, the House voted 55–150. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–110, Republicans 50–35, Others 3–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 37 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: 55
No: 150
Did not vote: 96
Date: Feb 24, 1881

By party

Democrats2 yes · 110 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others3 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans50 yes · 35 no · 50 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted no
Horace Francis Page R-CA voted no
Moses Ayers Mccoid R-IA voted no
Hiram Price R-IA voted no
Thomas Updegraff R-IA voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
Cyrus Clay Carpenter R-IA voted no
George Royal Davis R-IL voted no
John Crocker Sherwin R-IL voted no
Thomas Alexander Boyd R-IL voted no
William Henry Calkins R-IN voted no
John Alexander Anderson R-KS voted no
William Augustus Russell R-MA voted no
Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
James Frankland Briggs R-NH voted no
George Maxwell Robeson R-NJ voted no
Charles Henry Voorhis R-NJ voted no
Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
John William Ferdon R-NY voted no
John Mosher Bailey R-NY voted no
John Hammond R-NY voted no
David Wilber R-NY voted no
John Henry Camp R-NY voted no
John Van Voorhis R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff R-OH voted no
Alfred Crout Harmer R-PA voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
William Shadrack Shallenberger R-PA voted no
Samuel Bernard Dick R-PA voted no
James H. Osmer R-PA voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
David Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted yes
George Dionysius Tillman D-SC voted yes
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell 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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Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn, due to late hour.: House Vote, Feb 24, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-H-400/to-adjourn-due-to-late-hour (accessed 2026-10-17).