To suspend rules and adopt resolution relating to pay for services in the House Of Representatives, clerks, officers, laborers, etc.

On May 23, 1908, the House voted 165–63. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 114–16, Democrats 50–47, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 63 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: 165
No: 63
Did not vote: 171
Date: May 23, 1908

By party

Democrats50 yes · 47 no · 73 didn’t vote
Republicans114 yes · 16 no · 98 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted no
John Charles Floyd D-AR voted no
Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted no
Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA voted no
John Gill Jr. D-MD voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
William Waller Rucker D-MO voted no
Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
David Albaugh De Armond D-MO voted no
Courtney Walker Hamlin 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 Hackney D-MO voted no
Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS voted no
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted no
Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted no
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted no
Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted no
James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
Rufus Hardy D-TX voted no
Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
John Matthew Moore D-TX voted no
Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
Robert Lee Henry D-TX voted no
Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
John Hall Stephens D-TX voted no
John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI 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 adopt resolution…: House Vote, May 23, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-213/to-suspend-rules-and-adopt-resolution-relating-to-pay (accessed 2026-10-15).