To suspend rules and agree to conference report on H. R. 21260 (35 stat 317, 5/27/08), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government

On May 25, 1908, the House voted 135–123 (HR 21260). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 117–32, Democrats 17–91, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 135
No: 123
Did not vote: 141
Date: May 25, 1908

By party

Democrats17 yes · 91 no · 62 didn’t vote
Republicans117 yes · 32 no · 79 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Gordon Lee D-GA voted yes
Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
George Pelton Lawrence R-MA voted no
John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted no
Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted no
Grant Earl Mouser R-OH voted no
Jay Ford Laning R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted yes
Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted no
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA voted no
Philo Hall R-SD voted no
John Austin Moon D-TN voted yes
Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted yes
George Washington Gordon D-TN voted yes
Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted yes
Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted yes
David Johnson Foster R-VT voted no
James William Murphy D-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV 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 agree to conference…: House Vote, May 25, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-218/to-suspend-rules-and-agree-to-conference-report-on (accessed 2026-10-17).