House roll call 307 · 60th Congress · Feb 27, 1909
To pass S. 5729 (35 stat 836, 3/3/09), a bill relating to the affray at brownsville, texas. (p. 3387-1)
On Feb 27, 1909, the House voted 211–102 (S 5729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 179–1, Democrats 31–101, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 211
- No
- 102
- Did not vote
- 86
- Date
- Feb 27, 1909
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 101 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans179 yes · 1 no · 48 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted yes
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted yes
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted yes
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN voted yes
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted yes
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted yes
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
- George Washington Kipp D-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA voted yes
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes 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
- George Washington Cook 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
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- 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
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- 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
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey 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
- 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
- Charles Russell Davis 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
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-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
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-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 Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight 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
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-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
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse 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
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis 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
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-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
- 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
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- 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
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- 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
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard 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
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- James William Murphy D-WI
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- 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
- 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
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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