House roll call 134 · 60th Congress · May 8, 1908
To suspend rules and pass H. R. 21260.
On May 8, 1908, the House voted 214–44 (HR 21260). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 151–0, Democrats 63–44. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 44 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
- 214
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 141
- Date
- May 8, 1908
By party
- Democrats63 yes · 44 no · 63 didn’t vote
- Republicans151 yes · 0 no · 77 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- John Charles Floyd D-AR voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- George Kent Favrot D-LA voted no
- John Gill Jr. D-MD voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC voted no
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted no
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted no
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted no
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC voted no
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted no
- Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
- Gordon James Russell D-TX voted no
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted no
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
- Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- John Matthew Moore D-TX voted no
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
- John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- James Hay D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- 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
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss 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
- 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
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- 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
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- William Henry Draper 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
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser 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
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- 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
- James Henry Davidson 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
How each representative voted: No
- William Richardson D-AL
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Cordell Hull 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
- 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 Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-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
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
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