House roll call 279 · 60th Congress · Jan 14, 1909
To amend H. R. 25392 (35 stat 688, 3/3/09), a bill to appropriate for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia for the fiscal year ending june
On Jan 14, 1909, the House voted 97–134 (HR 25392). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 65–60, Democrats 33–75, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 93 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
- 97
- No
- 134
- Did not vote
- 165
- Date
- Jan 14, 1909
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 75 no · 62 didn’t vote
- Republicans65 yes · 60 no · 103 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted yes
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT voted no
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted yes
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted no
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted no
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted yes
- Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
- George Edmund Foss R-IL voted no
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
- James Mckinney R-IL voted no
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted no
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted yes
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted yes
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted no
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN voted no
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
- Charles Beary Landis 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
- Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY voted no
- John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
- George Kent Favrot D-LA voted yes
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted no
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted yes
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted yes
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
- Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO voted yes
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS voted yes
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC voted yes
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted no
- John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY voted yes
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
- John Emory Andrus R-NY voted no
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY voted no
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted no
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted no
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH voted no
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH voted yes
- Albert Douglas R-OH voted no
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK voted yes
- William Russell Ellis R-OR voted no
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted no
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA voted yes
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA voted yes
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA voted yes
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA voted no
And 13 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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