House roll call 43 · 60th Congress · Apr 6, 1908
To suspend rules and pass H. J. RES. 117, concerning the location of the grant memorial in the district of columbia.
On Apr 6, 1908, the House voted 134–129 (HJR 117). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–98, Democrats 84–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 81 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
- 134
- No
- 129
- Did not vote
- 136
- Date
- Apr 6, 1908
By party
- Democrats84 yes · 31 no · 55 didn’t vote
- Republicans50 yes · 98 no · 80 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Richardson D-AL voted no
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR voted no
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA voted yes
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA voted no
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- John Allen Sterling R-IL voted yes
- Martin David Foster D-IL voted no
- William Elijah Cox D-IN voted no
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN voted no
- John Alfred Adair D-IN voted no
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted yes
- George Washington Rauch D-IN voted no
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted yes
- James Monroe Miller R-KS voted yes
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS voted yes
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted yes
- John Wesley Langley R-KY voted yes
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted no
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted yes
- Butler Ames R-MA voted yes
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA voted yes
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA voted yes
- William Croad Lovering R-MA voted yes
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME voted yes
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted yes
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME voted yes
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI voted yes
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN voted yes
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO voted no
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO voted yes
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS voted no
- John Humphrey Small D-NC voted no
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC voted no
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ voted yes
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ voted yes
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ voted yes
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY voted yes
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted no
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted no
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
- William Henry Draper R-NY voted yes
- James Breck Perkins R-NY voted yes
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY voted yes
- John Eugene Harding R-OH voted yes
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH voted no
- Albert Douglas R-OH voted yes
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH voted yes
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH voted yes
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR voted yes
- Joel Cook R-PA voted yes
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA voted yes
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA voted yes
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA voted yes
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Huff R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted yes
- James Francis Burke R-PA voted yes
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI voted no
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC voted no
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN voted yes
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX voted no
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX voted no
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX voted no
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX voted no
- William Robert Smith D-TX voted no
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA voted no
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA voted no
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA voted no
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT voted yes
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV voted yes
And 1 more.
How each representative voted: Yes
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- 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
- Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- John Allen Sterling R-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Charles Frederick Scott R-KS
- James Monroe Miller R-KS
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA
- Butler Ames R-MA
- Samuel Walker Mccall R-MA
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Richard Bartholdt 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
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- William Musgrave Calder R-NY
- William Sulzer D-NY
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander R-NY
- John Eugene Harding R-OH
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Matthew Rombach Denver D-OH
- Isaac R. Sherwood D-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- William Albert Ashbrook D-OH
- Elmer Lincoln Fulton D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- Scott Ferris D-OK
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- Joel Cook R-PA
- William Walker Foulkrod R-PA
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Finis James Garrett D-TN
- George Washington Gordon D-TN
- Samuel Bronson Cooper D-TX
- Gordon James Russell D-TX
- James Andrew (Jack) Beall D-TX
- Rufus Hardy D-TX
- John Matthew Moore D-TX
- Robert Lee Henry D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- James Hay D-VA
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- James William Murphy D-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
How each representative voted: No
- William Richardson D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Joseph Russell Knowland R-CA
- Julius Kahn R-CA
- James Carson Needham R-CA
- James Mclachlan R-CA
- Robert William Bonynge R-CO
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Thomas Montgomery Bell 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
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-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
- William Brown Mckinley R-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
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett R-MA
- Augustus Peabody Gardner R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI
- Gerrit John Diekema R-MI
- George Alvin Loud R-MI
- Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI
- Horace Olin Young R-MI
- James Albertus Tawney 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
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- George William Norris R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY
- Nicholas Longworth R-OH
- Herman Philip Goebel R-OH
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry D-OH
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Choice Boswell Randell D-TX
- Alexander White Gregg D-TX
- Albert Sidney Burleson D-TX
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- David Johnson Foster 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
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
- 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
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Duncan E. Mckinlay R-CA
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- 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
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- 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
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- 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
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Ernest William Roberts R-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- John Gill Jr. D-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
- Samuel William Smith R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-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
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- George Ernest Waldo R-NY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan D-NY
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan 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
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-NY
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA
- Joseph Hampton Moore R-PA
- Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- 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
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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