House roll call 283 · 60th Congress · Feb 2, 1909
To amend H. R. 26915 (35 stat 732, 3/3/09) a bill making army appropriations for fiscal 1910, by increasing appropriations for war balloons. (p. 1737-1)
On Feb 2, 1909, the House voted 91–162 (HR 26915). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 61–75, Democrats 30–87. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 91 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
- 91
- No
- 162
- Did not vote
- 146
- Date
- Feb 2, 1909
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 87 no · 53 didn’t vote
- Republicans61 yes · 75 no · 92 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted yes
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted yes
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
- James Mclachlan R-CA voted yes
- George Washington Cook R-CO voted yes
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- James Mckinney R-IL voted yes
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted yes
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted yes
- James Monroe Miller R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted yes
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- William Croad Lovering R-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted yes
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN voted yes
- James Adam Bede R-MN voted yes
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted yes
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted yes
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted yes
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY voted yes
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY voted yes
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
- Herbert Parsons R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted yes
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted yes
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY voted yes
- George Roland Malby R-NY voted yes
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY voted yes
- John Eugene Harding R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted yes
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted yes
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted yes
- Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted yes
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted yes
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Kipp D-PA voted yes
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Huff R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted yes
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI voted yes
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted yes
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted yes
And 11 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Frederick Clement Stevens 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
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard 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
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley 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 Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore 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 Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
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
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo 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
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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