To pass a resolution declining to consider any communication, which in the judgment of the house is not respectful, and discharging the special committee and TH

On Jan 8, 1909, the House voted 212–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 107–36, Democrats 104–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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: 212
No: 36
Did not vote: 151
Date: Jan 8, 1909

By party

Democrats104 yes · 0 no · 66 didn’t vote
Republicans107 yes · 36 no · 85 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted no
Burton Lee French R-ID voted no
William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles Nelson Pray R-MT voted no
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
William Willets Cocks R-NY voted no
Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY voted no
Herbert Parsons R-NY voted no
William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted no
Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
Jay Ford Laning R-OH voted no
Leonard Paul Howland R-OH voted no
John Merriman Reynolds R-PA voted no
Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
Gustav Küstermann 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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