To suspend rules and adopt conference report on H. R. 20471, a bill making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year 1909 and for other purposes.

On May 12, 1908, the House voted 139–124 (HR 20471). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 115–36, Democrats 24–88. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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: 139
No: 124
Did not vote: 136
Date: May 12, 1908

By party

Democrats24 yes · 88 no · 58 didn’t vote
Republicans115 yes · 36 no · 77 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted no
James Perry Conner R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Elias Selah Holliday R-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted yes
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
John Gill Jr. D-MD voted yes
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted no
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted yes
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted yes
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
John Emory Andrus R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
James Breck Perkins R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
George Washington Kipp D-PA voted yes
John Geiser Mchenry D-PA voted yes
Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA voted yes
George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted yes
James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC voted yes
James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted yes
John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted yes
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted no
George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV 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 suspend rules and adopt conference report…: House Vote, May 12…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-151/to-suspend-rules-and-adopt-conference-report-on-h (accessed 2026-10-17).