To suspend the rules and agree to the conference report on S. 6155 (35 stat 639, 2/19/09), a bill providing for an enlarged homestead. The conference agreed to

On May 23, 1908, the House voted 100–150 (S 6155). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 82–60, Democrats 18–90. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 78 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: 100
No: 150
Did not vote: 149
Date: May 23, 1908

By party

Democrats18 yes · 90 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans82 yes · 60 no · 86 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Richardson D-AL voted yes
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
James Mckinney R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Elias Selah Holliday R-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Harvey Helm D-KY voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted yes
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
Cyrus Durey R-NY voted no
George Roland Malby R-NY voted no
James Breck Perkins R-NY voted no
Nicholas Longworth R-OH voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted yes
James Sanford Davenport D-OK voted yes
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted yes
Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
Kittredge Haskins R-VT voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI 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 the rules and agree to the…: House Vote, May 23, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-211/to-suspend-the-rules-and-agree-to-the-conference (accessed 2026-10-17).