To suspend the rules, take from the speaker's table, disagree to Senate amendments and request a conference on H. R. 21003 (35 stat 1065, 3/4/09) a bill fixing

On May 29, 1908, the House voted 131–53 (HR 21003). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 110–0, Democrats 20–53, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 131
No: 53
Did not vote: 215
Date: May 29, 1908

By party

Democrats20 yes · 53 no · 97 didn’t vote
Republicans110 yes · 0 no · 118 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted yes
Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted yes
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted yes
William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
William Henry Ryan D-NY voted yes
James Sanford Davenport D-OK voted yes
Charles David Carter D-OK voted yes
Scott Ferris D-OK voted yes
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA voted yes
Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted yes
William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes

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, take from the…: House Vote, May 29, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-257/to-suspend-the-rules-take-from-the-speakers-table (accessed 2026-10-16).