To suspend rules and pass S. 6155 (35 stat 639, 2/19/1809) a bill providing for an enlarged homestead.

On May 11, 1908, the House voted 141–74 (S 6155). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 83–37, Democrats 59–37. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 74 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: 141
No: 74
Did not vote: 183
Date: May 11, 1908

By party

Democrats59 yes · 37 no · 74 didn’t vote
Republicans83 yes · 37 no · 108 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
Frank Orren Lowden R-IL voted no
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell 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
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
William Preston Kimball D-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
Butler Ames R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
John Austin Keliher D-MA voted no
John Gill Jr. D-MD voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
Madison Roswell Smith D-MO voted no
Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted no
Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
Edward William Pou D-NC voted no
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
William Hughes D-NJ voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
John Eugene Harding R-OH voted no
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted no
Matthew Rombach Denver D-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
James Kennedy R-OH voted no
William Aubrey Thomas R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Joel Cook R-PA voted no
William Walker Foulkrod R-PA voted no
Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted no
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted no
James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC voted no
Wyatt Aiken D-SC voted no
David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted no
Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV 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 rules and pass S. 6155 (35 stat…: House Vote, May 11, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-146/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-s-6155-35-stat (accessed 2026-10-16).