To suspend the rules and pass S. J. RES. 51 (35 stat 577, 5/25/08) providing additional lands for idaho under the carey act.

On May 11, 1908, the House voted 89–98 (SJR 51). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 73–31, Democrats 17–67. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 48 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: 89
No: 98
Did not vote: 211
Date: May 11, 1908

By party

Democrats17 yes · 67 no · 86 didn’t vote
Republicans73 yes · 31 no · 124 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted yes
James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted yes
Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted yes
William Gordon Brantley D-GA voted yes
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
Frank Orren Lowden R-IL voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted no
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted yes
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH voted no
Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY voted no
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
John Emory Andrus R-NY voted no
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
David Edward Finley D-SC voted yes
James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted yes
Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted yes
George Farmer Burgess D-TX voted yes
James Hay D-VA voted yes
Kittredge Haskins R-VT 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 the rules and pass S. J. RES. 51…: House Vote, May 11, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-147/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-s-j-res (accessed 2026-10-17).