House roll call 286 · 60th Congress · Feb 6, 1909
To amend in the nature of a substitute, H. R. 21929, amending an act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy. (p. 1995-2)
On Feb 6, 1909, the House voted 111–182 (HR 21929). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–144, Democrats 92–40, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 60 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
- 111
- No
- 182
- Did not vote
- 102
- Date
- Feb 6, 1909
By party
- Democrats92 yes · 40 no · 38 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 144 no · 64 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Gordon Lee D-GA voted no
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted yes
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA voted yes
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA voted yes
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted yes
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL voted no
- Philip Knopf R-IL voted yes
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL voted yes
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL voted no
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL voted no
- William August Rodenberg R-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted yes
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- George Kent Favrot D-LA voted no
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted no
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD voted no
- John Gill Jr. D-MD voted no
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted yes
- John Sharp Williams D-MS voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- Robert Newton Page D-NC voted no
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted yes
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted yes
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted no
- William Hughes D-NJ voted no
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ voted no
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted no
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted no
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY voted no
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
- William Henry Ryan D-NY voted no
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
- Finis James Garrett D-TN voted no
- George Washington Gordon D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX voted no
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
- James Luther Slayden D-TX voted no
- John Lamb D-VA voted no
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- James Hay D-VA voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
- James William Murphy D-WI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander 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
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran 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
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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