House roll call 105 · 60th Congress · Apr 27, 1908
To suspend rule and adopt house order, that on adoption of this order the house resolve itself into the committee of the whole for the consideration of H. R. 21
On Apr 27, 1908, the House voted 136–97 (HR 21260). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 131–0, Democrats 4–97, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- 136
- No
- 97
- Did not vote
- 166
- Date
- Apr 27, 1908
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 97 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Republicans131 yes · 0 no · 97 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn 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
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins 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
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-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
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall 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
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- John Emory Andrus 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
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- 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
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- John Humphrey Small 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
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- 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
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- James William Murphy D-WI
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-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
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Washington Gardner 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
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake 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
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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