To amend H. R. 19158 (35 stat 251, 5/23/08) a bill making appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1909, by increasu

On Apr 2, 1908, the House voted 142–128 (HR 19158). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–120, Democrats 110–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 47 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: 142
No: 128
Did not vote: 122
Date: Apr 2, 1908

By party

Democrats110 yes · 12 no · 48 didn’t vote
Republicans35 yes · 120 no · 73 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted yes
Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted yes
Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted yes
Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO voted yes
Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted yes
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Addison Davis James R-KY voted yes
Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted yes
George William Norris R-NE voted yes
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted yes
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted yes
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
Charles Luman Knapp R-NY voted yes
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted yes
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
Albert Douglas R-OH voted yes
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted yes
Jay Ford Laning R-OH voted yes
Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted yes
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted yes
Asbury Francis Lever D-SC voted no
Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
John Lamb D-VA voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes
George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV voted yes
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted yes

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 amend H. R. 19158 (35 stat 251, 5/23/08)…: House Vote, Apr 2, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-15/to-amend-h-r-19158-35-stat-251-5 (accessed 2026-10-17).