House roll call 225 · 60th Congress · May 25, 1908
To suspend rules and pass S. 6805 (35 stat 424, 5/28/08), a bill relating to encouraging the development of coal deposits in the territory of alaska. (p. 6923-1
On May 25, 1908, the House voted 147–38 (S 6805). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 104–5, Democrats 43–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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
- 147
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 214
- Date
- May 25, 1908
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 33 no · 94 didn’t vote
- Republicans104 yes · 5 no · 119 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted no
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted no
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO voted no
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted no
- Thomas Spight D-MS voted no
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH voted no
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted no
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted no
- David Edward Finley D-SC voted no
- George Washington Gordon D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- John Matthew Moore D-TX voted no
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
- John Nance Garner D-TX voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell 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
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- 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
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- James Hay D-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
How each representative voted: No
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- 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
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-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
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon 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
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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