To discharge the committee on foreign affairs from further consideration of H. RES. 447, requesting the secretary of state to inform the house whether the briti

On Dec 15, 1908, the House voted 146–134 (HRE 447). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–133, Democrats 119–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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: 146
No: 134
Did not vote: 119
Date: Dec 15, 1908

By party

Democrats119 yes · 1 no · 50 didn’t vote
Republicans27 yes · 133 no · 68 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
William Marcellus Howard D-GA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted yes
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted yes
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted yes
Victor Murdock R-KS voted yes
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted yes
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted yes
George Alexander Pearre R-MD voted yes
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted yes
Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted yes
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted yes
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted yes
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted yes
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted yes
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes
George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV 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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