To suspend the rules, agree to amendments and pass H. R. 13465, a bill amending the laws concerning transportation between the ports of hawaii and those of the

On May 28, 1908, the House voted 163–49 (HR 13465). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 82–42, Democrats 80–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 163
No: 49
Did not vote: 187
Date: May 28, 1908

By party

Democrats80 yes · 7 no · 83 didn’t vote
Republicans82 yes · 42 no · 104 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
James Mclachlan R-CA voted no
Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA voted no
Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted no
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted no
John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted no
William Stedman Greene R-MA voted no
Edwin Denby R-MI voted no
James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted no
Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted no
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
William Sulzer D-NY voted no
Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY voted no
Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY voted no
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted no
James Kennedy R-OH voted no
Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted no
William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA voted no
William Walker Foulkrod R-PA voted no
Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted no
Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA voted no
Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA voted no
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted no
John Dalzell R-PA voted no
Philo Hall R-SD voted no
Joseph Howell R-UT voted no
Francis Wellington Cushman 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 the rules, agree to amendments…: House Vote, May 28, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-250/to-suspend-the-rules-agree-to-amendments-and-pass (accessed 2026-10-17).