To pass H. RES. 288, authorizing the appointment of a committee to investigate charges made by represenative lilley as to the efforts of the electric boat compa

On May 20, 1908, the House voted 159–82 (HRE 288). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 93–48, Democrats 66–34. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 82 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: 159
No: 82
Did not vote: 158
Date: May 20, 1908

By party

Democrats66 yes · 34 no · 70 didn’t vote
Republicans93 yes · 48 no · 87 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Benjamin Craig D-AL voted no
Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted no
John Lawson Burnett D-AL voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT voted no
Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY voted no
William Preston Kimball D-KY voted no
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted no
Edwin Denby R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO voted no
Madison Roswell Smith D-MO voted no
Joseph James Russell D-MO voted no
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted no
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted no
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
William Henry Draper R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK voted no
Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted no
Scott Ferris D-OK voted no
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted no
Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted no
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted no
Adin Ballou Capron R-RI voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted no
Cordell Hull D-TN voted no
William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
John Lamb D-VA voted no
Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA voted no
Kittredge Haskins R-VT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted no

And 2 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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