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Byrd's motion was approved 45-3 and [[arrest warrant]]s were signed for all 46 Republicans: [[Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate|Senate Sergeant-at-Arms]] [[Henry K. Giugni]] and his staff searched the Capitol's corridor and [[Congressional office buildings|Senate office buildings]] for absent Senators, and after checking several empty offices, spotted Senator [[Steve Symms]] of [[Idaho]], who fled down a hallway and escaped arrest. After a cleaning woman gave a tip that Senator [[Robert Packwood]] of [[Oregon]] was in his office, Giugni opened the door with a [[skeleton key]]. Packwood attempted to shove the door closed, but Giugni and two assistants pushed it open. Packwood was subsequently carried feet-first into the Senate chamber by three plainclothes officers and sustained bruised [[knuckle]]s.<ref name="latimes1988">Lauter, David. "[https://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-25/news/mn-45210_1_quorum-call Senate Police Seize Packwood for Quorum Call] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110815174023/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-25/news/mn-45210_1_quorum-call |date=15 August 2011 }}." ''Los Angeles Times'' 25 February 1988.</ref>
Prior to 1988, the last time the procedure had been used was during a 1942 [[filibuster]] over [[civil rights]] legislation:<ref name="latimes1988"/> [[Southern United StatesDemocrats|Southern Democrat]] Democrat senators had spent days filibustering legislation to end [[Poll tax (United States)|poll taxes]], days after the [[1942 United States Senate elections|midterm elections]] had resulted in the Democrats losing of nine seats. Democratic Majority Leader [[Alben W. Barkley]] obtained an order on a Saturday session on 14 November 1942, directing Sergeant at Arms Chesley W. Jurney to detain the five Southern absentees to obtain a quorum. Jurney sent his Deputy Sergeant at Arms, J. Mark Trice, to the apartment of Democratic Senator [[Kenneth McKellar (politician)|Kenneth McKellar]] of [[Tennessee]] at the [[Mayflower Hotel]]. Then 73 years old and the third-most [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior Senator]], McKellar was later described by Republican Senator [[Bill Frist]] in his book on Tennessee senators as an "extraordinarily shrewd man of husky dimensions with a long memory and a short fuse." Trice called from the lobby, but McKellar refused to answer his phone, so the deputy sergeant-at-arms walked up to the apartment and convinced the senator's [[maid]] to let him in:<ref name="senate1942">"[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Getting_even.htm November 14, 1942: Arrests Compel Senate Quorum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829034540/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Getting_even.htm |date=29 August 2017 }}." United States Senate History.</ref>
{{quote|When Trice explained that McKellar was urgently needed back at the Capitol, the 73-year-old legislator agreed to accompany him. As they approached the Senate wing, McKellar suddenly realized what was up. An aide later recalled, "His face grew redder and redder. By the time the car reached the Senate entrance, McKellar shot out and barreled through the corridors to find the source of his summons."<br />Barkley got his quorum...<ref name="senate1942"/>}}
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