To suspend rules and pass an order on H. R. 21260 (35 stat 317, 5/27/08), a bill appropriating sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year endin

On May 20, 1908, the House voted 173–80 (HR 21260). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 151–3, Democrats 22–77. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 173
No: 80
Did not vote: 146
Date: May 20, 1908

By party

Democrats22 yes · 77 no · 71 didn’t vote
Republicans151 yes · 3 no · 74 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted yes
Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
Ollie Murray James D-KY voted yes
Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted yes
Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted yes
Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted yes
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY voted yes
William Albert Ashbrook D-OH voted yes
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted yes
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted yes
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted yes
Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
William Ewart Humphrey R-WA 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 an order on H. R…: House Vote, May 20, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-192/to-suspend-rules-and-pass-an-order-on-h (accessed 2026-10-17).