House roll call 40 · 60th Congress · Apr 6, 1908
To approve journal.
On Apr 6, 1908, the House voted 240–34. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 151–0, Democrats 89–34. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 34 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
- 240
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 125
- Date
- Apr 6, 1908
By party
- Democrats89 yes · 34 no · 47 didn’t vote
- Republicans151 yes · 0 no · 77 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Washington Taylor D-AL voted no
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL voted no
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted no
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL voted no
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR voted no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR voted no
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- Ollie Murray James D-KY voted no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
- Ben Johnson D-KY voted no
- Harvey Helm D-KY voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
- John Austin Keliher D-MA voted no
- Andrew James Peters D-MA voted no
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD voted no
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO voted no
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted no
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC voted no
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ voted no
- William Sulzer D-NY voted no
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted no
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
- Gordon James Russell D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
- John Lamb 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
How each representative voted: Yes
- 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
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn 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
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Gordon Lee 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
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- William Brown Mckinley R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- William August Rodenberg R-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- Elias Selah Holliday R-IN
- Jesse Overstreet R-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo 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
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney R-MN
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-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
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- James Robert Lamar 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
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- 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
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Matthew Moore 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
- Edward Watts Saunders D-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
- 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
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Sulzer D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- John Lamb D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
Did not vote
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- George Washington Prince R-IL
- Joseph Verdi Graff R-IL
- Joseph Gurney Cannon R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- George Farmer Burgess D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.