To resolve the house into committee of the whole and discuss H. R. 15447, a bill investigating controversies affecting interstate commerce. (p. 165-2)

On Dec 12, 1908, the House voted 103–112 (HR 15447). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 99–16, Democrats 5–98. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 103
No: 112
Did not vote: 181
Date: Dec 12, 1908

By party

Democrats5 yes · 98 no · 67 didn’t vote
Republicans99 yes · 16 no · 113 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA voted no
Julius Kahn R-CA voted no
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted yes
Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted no
John Allen Sterling R-IL voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted no
Joseph James Russell D-MO voted yes
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted no
Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted no
William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted no
Allen Foster Cooper R-PA voted no
John Wesley Gaines D-TN voted yes
Gordon James Russell D-TX voted yes
Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA voted no
Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John James Jenkins 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 resolve the house into committee of the…: House Vote, Dec 12, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-271/to-resolve-the-house-into-committee-of-the-whole (accessed 2026-10-17).