House roll call 289 · 60th Congress · Feb 15, 1909
To discharge the committee on elections of President, vice President, and representatives in Congress from consideration of S. 9295, (35 stat 626, 2/17/09) a bi
On Feb 15, 1909, the House voted 178–123 (S 9295). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 146–28, Democrats 31–96, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 59 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
- 178
- No
- 123
- Did not vote
- 97
- Date
- Feb 15, 1909
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 96 no · 43 didn’t vote
- Republicans146 yes · 28 no · 54 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted yes
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL voted yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted yes
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted yes
- William Richardson D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
- George Washington Cook R-CO voted no
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN voted no
- James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted no
- Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA voted no
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
- Edwin Denby R-MI voted no
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
- James Adam Bede R-MN voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted yes
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted no
- Thomas Hackney D-MO voted yes
- Thomas Spight D-MS voted yes
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted yes
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted yes
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted yes
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted no
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted yes
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted yes
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA voted yes
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Philip Knopf 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
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell 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
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney 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
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford 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
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper 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
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. 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
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon 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
- 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
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- 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
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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