To pass H. RES. 607, amending the rules, by adding to rule 27 as a new paragraph 4,-no business to be in order on each wednesday, except as provided and unless

On Mar 1, 1909, the House voted 168–163 (HRE 607). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 168–26, Democrats 0–138, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 168
No: 163
Did not vote: 66
Date: Mar 1, 1909

By party

Democrats0 yes · 138 no · 32 didn’t vote
Republicans168 yes · 26 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA voted no
William Croad Lovering R-MA voted no
Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted no
Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted no
Andrew John Volstead R-MN voted no
Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted no
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
George William Norris R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ voted no
George Ernest Waldo R-NY voted no
Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
Elmer Addison Morse 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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