House roll call 184 · 60th Congress · May 19, 1908
To suspend the rules and pass H. R. 21735 (35 stat 444, 5/29/08), a bill authorizing the secretary of indian affairs to issue patents in fee to purchasers of in
On May 19, 1908, the House voted 216–49 (HR 21735). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 154–0, Democrats 61–49, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 49 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
- 216
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 134
- Date
- May 19, 1908
By party
- Democrats61 yes · 49 no · 60 didn’t vote
- Republicans154 yes · 0 no · 74 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- John Charles Floyd D-AR voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- William Charles Adamson D-GA voted no
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted no
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA voted no
- George Kent Favrot D-LA voted no
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted no
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted no
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO voted no
- Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
- Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS voted no
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS voted no
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- Claude Kitchin D-NC voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ voted no
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted no
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH voted no
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA voted no
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted no
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
- John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
- Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX voted no
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner 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
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-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
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- 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
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle 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
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson 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
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore 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
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- 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
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson 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
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher 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 Spight D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- 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
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To suspend the rules and pass H. R. 21735…: House Vote, May 19, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-184/to-suspend-the-rules-and-pass-h-r-21735 (accessed 2026-10-17).