House roll call 194 · 60th Congress · May 20, 1908
To recess until eleven o' clock tomorrow morning.
On May 20, 1908, the House voted 137–67. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 123–0, Democrats 14–67. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 137
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 195
- Date
- May 20, 1908
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 67 no · 89 didn’t vote
- Republicans123 yes · 0 no · 105 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted yes
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted yes
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- James William Murphy D-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney 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
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-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
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-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
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann 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 Benjamin Craig D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Ben Johnson 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
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Hughes D-NJ
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall 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
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison 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
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-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
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-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 Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon 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
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-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
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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