House roll call 123 · 60th Congress · May 5, 1908
To resolve the house into the committee of the whole for the further consideration of H. R. 21260.
On May 5, 1908, the House voted 264–2 (HR 21260). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 147–0, Democrats 116–2, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 2 members voted against their own party.
During the 60th Congress (1907–1908), Theodore Roosevelt was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 264
- No
- 2
- Did not vote
- 133
- Date
- May 5, 1908
By party
- Democrats116 yes · 2 no · 52 didn’t vote
- Republicans147 yes · 0 no · 81 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- William Hughes D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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