House roll call 311 · 60th Congress · Mar 2, 1909
To suspend rules and pass S. 28, a bill relating to ocean mail service, amending act of march 3, 1891, entitled "an act to provide for ocean mail service betwee
On Mar 2, 1909, the House voted 172–175 (S 28). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 174–35, Democrats 5–148, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 172
- No
- 175
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 2, 1909
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 148 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans174 yes · 35 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
- George Washington Cook R-CO voted no
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted no
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA voted no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted no
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted no
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL voted no
- Philip Knopf R-IL voted no
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL voted no
- James Mckinney R-IL voted no
- George Washington Prince R-IL voted no
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
- Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
- Albert Estopinal D-LA voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted no
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN voted no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna 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
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV voted yes
- James Breck Perkins R-NY voted no
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH voted yes
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH voted no
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD voted no
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA voted yes
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI voted no
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI voted no
- William Joseph Cary R-WI voted no
- William Henry Stafford R-WI voted no
- John Jacob Esch R-WI voted no
- James Henry Davidson R-WI voted no
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI voted no
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted no
- John James Jenkins R-WI voted no
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- 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
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh 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
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard 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
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- 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 Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- Philo Hall R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- 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
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin 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
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard 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
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher 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
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain 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
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy 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
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- 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
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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