House roll call 6 · 60th Congress · Feb 22, 1908
To amend a resolution providing compensation and police force in the house office building by reducing the number of policemen in the house office building from
On Feb 22, 1908, the House voted 99–118. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–104, Democrats 79–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 99
- No
- 118
- Did not vote
- 181
- Date
- Feb 22, 1908
By party
- Democrats79 yes · 15 no · 76 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 104 no · 104 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT voted yes
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL voted no
- Frank Clark D-FL voted no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted no
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted no
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted yes
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
- Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL voted yes
- James Robert Mann R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS voted yes
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY voted no
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA voted no
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted no
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted yes
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME voted yes
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN voted yes
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN voted yes
- James Adam Bede R-MN voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted no
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted no
- James Breck Perkins R-NY voted yes
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA voted yes
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted no
- George Washington Kipp D-PA voted no
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC voted no
- William Cannon Houston D-TN voted no
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN voted no
- James Hay D-VA voted no
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA voted yes
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA voted yes
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
How each representative voted: Yes
- Ariosto Appling Wiley D-AL
- Henry De Lamar Clayton D-AL
- James Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Richardson D-AL
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. D-AR
- John Charles Floyd D-AR
- Charles Chester Reid D-AR
- Robert Minor Wallace D-AR
- Everis Anson Hayes R-CA
- George Leavens Lilley R-CT
- Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA
- James Mathews Griggs D-GA
- Elijah Banks Lewis D-GA
- William Charles Adamson D-GA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy R-IA
- Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA
- Daniel Webster Hamilton D-IA
- Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA
- Burton Lee French R-ID
- Martin Barnaby Madden R-IL
- James Robert Mann R-IL
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Henry Thomas Rainey D-IL
- Ben Franklin Caldwell D-IL
- Martin David Foster D-IL
- William Elijah Cox D-IN
- John Alfred Adair D-IN
- George Washington Rauch D-IN
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R-KS
- Ben Johnson D-KY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY
- William Preston Kimball D-KY
- Harvey Helm D-KY
- Andrew James Peters D-MA
- John Gill Jr. D-MD
- Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME
- Llewellyn Powers R-ME
- Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN
- Charles Russell Davis R-MN
- Charles August Lindbergh R-MN
- James Adam Bede R-MN
- James Tilghman Lloyd D-MO
- Joshua Willis Alexander D-MO
- David Albaugh De Armond D-MO
- Madison Roswell Smith D-MO
- Joseph James Russell D-MO
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D-MS
- Thomas Spight D-MS
- Wilson Shedric Hill D-MS
- Frank Alexander Mclain D-MS
- John Sharp Williams D-MS
- Charles Randolph Thomas D-NC
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin D-NC
- Robert Newton Page D-NC
- George William Norris R-NE
- William Hughes D-NJ
- Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ
- George Arthur Bartlett D-NV
- John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY
- Francis Burton Harrison D-NY
- James Breck Perkins R-NY
- 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
- James Sanford Davenport D-OK
- Charles David Carter D-OK
- George Deardorff Mccreary R-PA
- Thomas David Nicholls D-PA
- William Bauchop Wilson D-PA
- Joseph Davis Brodhead D-PA
- Joseph Travis Johnson D-SC
- David Edward Finley D-SC
- James Edwin Ellerbe D-SC
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett 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
- John Hall Stephens D-TX
- James Luther Slayden D-TX
- John Nance Garner D-TX
- William Robert Smith D-TX
- William Atkinson Jones D-VA
- Henry De La Warr Flood D-VA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- William Ewart Humphrey R-WA
- James William Murphy D-WI
- Elmer Addison Morse R-WI
How each representative voted: No
- 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
- George Washington Cook R-CO
- Edward Stevens Henry R-CT
- Nehemiah Day Sperry R-CT
- Edwin Werter Higgins R-CT
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D-FL
- Frank Clark D-FL
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA
- Thomas William Hardwick D-GA
- Albert Foster Dawson R-IA
- Robert Gordon Cousins R-IA
- William Peters Hepburn R-IA
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA
- William Warfield Wilson R-IL
- Charles Mcgavin R-IL
- Henry Sherman Boutell R-IL
- George Edmund Foss R-IL
- Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL
- Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL
- Frank Orren Lowden R-IL
- James Mckinney R-IL
- John Hopkins Foster 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
- Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS
- Victor Murdock R-KS
- Augustus Owsley Stanley D-KY
- Joseph Bentley Bennett R-KY
- John Wesley Langley R-KY
- John Thomas Watkins D-LA
- Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn R-MA
- John Wingate Weeks R-MA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd R-MD
- Amos Lawrence Allen R-ME
- Charles Elroy Townsend 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
- Frank Mellen Nye R-MN
- Andrew John Volstead R-MN
- Richard Bartholdt R-MO
- Henry Stewart Caulfield R-MO
- Harry Marcy Coudrey R-MO
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND
- Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND
- Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE
- John Frank Boyd R-NE
- Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE
- Cyrus Adams Sulloway R-NH
- Frank Dunklee Currier R-NH
- Benjamin Franklin Howell R-NJ
- Ira Wells Wood R-NJ
- Charles Newell Fowler R-NJ
- Charles Blakeslee Law R-NY
- Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY
- Herbert Parsons R-NY
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott R-NY
- William Stiles Bennet R-NY
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY
- John Emory Andrus R-NY
- Samuel Mcmillan R-NY
- William Henry Draper R-NY
- George Newell Southwick R-NY
- George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman R-NY
- Michael Edward Driscoll R-NY
- Sereno Elisha Payne R-NY
- Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH
- Henry Towne Bannon R-OH
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. R-OH
- Grant Earl Mouser R-OH
- Beman Gates Dawes R-OH
- Leonard Paul Howland R-OH
- Willis Chatman Hawley R-OR
- William Russell Ellis R-OR
- Irving Price Wanger R-PA
- John Hoover Rothermel D-PA
- George Washington Kipp D-PA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht R-PA
- Charles Frederick Barclay R-PA
- Allen Foster Cooper R-PA
- Arthur Laban Bates R-PA
- William Harrison Graham R-PA
- John Dalzell R-PA
- Adin Ballou Capron R-RI
- George Swinton Legaré D-SC
- William Henry Parker R-SD
- Walter Preston Brownlow R-TN
- Nathan Wesley Hale R-TN
- William Cannon Houston D-TN
- Thetus Willrette Sims D-TN
- Joseph Howell R-UT
- James Hay D-VA
- Campbell Bascom Slemp R-VA
- Henry Allen Cooper R-WI
- John Mandt Nelson R-WI
- William Henry Stafford R-WI
- John Jacob Esch R-WI
- James Henry Davidson R-WI
- William Pallister Hubbard R-WV
- George Cookman Sturgiss R-WV
- Joseph Holt Gaines R-WV
- Frank Wheeler Mondell R-WY
Did not vote
- George Washington Taylor D-AL
- Oliver Cicero Wiley D-AL
- William Benjamin Craig D-AL
- Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL
- John Lawson Burnett D-AL
- Oscar Wilder Underwood D-AL
- Robert Bruce Macon D-AR
- William Ben Cravens D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- William Fellows Englebright R-CA
- Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO
- Ebenezer J. Hill R-CT
- Hiram Rodney Burton R-DE
- William Bailey Lamar D-FL
- Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA
- Gordon Lee D-GA
- William Marcellus Howard D-GA
- Thomas Montgomery Bell D-GA
- William Gordon Brantley D-GA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull R-IA
- James Perry Conner R-IA
- James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL
- William Lorimer R-IL
- Philip Knopf R-IL
- George Washington Prince 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
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL
- John Crawford Chaney R-IN
- Lincoln Dixon D-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Charles Beary Landis R-IN
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN
- Abraham Lincoln Brick R-IN
- Henry A. Barnhart D-IN
- William Alexander Calderhead R-KS
- William Augustus Reeder R-KS
- Ollie Murray James D-KY
- Addison Davis James R-KY
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock D-KY
- Don Calvin Edwards R-KY
- Adolph Meyer D-LA
- Albert Estopinal D-LA
- Robert Charles Davey D-LA
- Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA
- George Kent Favrot D-LA
- George Pelton Lawrence R-MA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett 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
- John Austin Keliher D-MA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA
- William Stedman Greene R-MA
- William Croad Lovering R-MA
- William Humphreys Jackson R-MD
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott D-MD
- Harry Benjamin Wolf D-MD
- George Alexander Pearre R-MD
- John Philip Swasey R-ME
- Edwin Chick Burleigh R-ME
- Frank Edward Guernsey R-ME
- Edwin Denby R-MI
- Washington Gardner R-MI
- Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI
- James Campbell Mclaughlin R-MI
- Frederick Clement Stevens R-MN
- Halvor Steenerson R-MN
- William Waller Rucker D-MO
- Charles Ferris Booher D-MO
- Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO
- Courtney Walker Hamlin D-MO
- Dorsey William Shackleford D-MO
- James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark D-MO
- Thomas Hackney D-MO
- James Robert Lamar D-MO
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys D-MS
- Adam Monroe Byrd D-MS
- Eaton Jackson Bowers D-MS
- Charles Nelson Pray R-MT
- John Humphrey Small D-NC
- Claude Kitchin D-NC
- Edward William Pou D-NC
- William Walton Kitchin D-NC
- Richard Nathaniel Hackett D-NC
- Edwin Yates Webb D-NC
- William Thomas Crawford D-NC
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE
- Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE
- Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ
- John James Gardner R-NJ
- Richard Wayne Parker R-NJ
- Le Gage Pratt D-NJ
- James Alphonsus Hamill D-NJ
- William Willets Cocks R-NY
- George Henry Lindsay D-NY
- Charles Tappan Dunwell R-NY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker 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
- William Bourke Cockran D-NY
- William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY
- Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY
- Cyrus Durey R-NY
- George Roland Malby R-NY
- Charles Luman Knapp R-NY
- John Wilbur Dwight R-NY
- Jacob Sloat Fassett R-NY
- Peter Augustus Porter O-NY
- William Henry Ryan D-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
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle D-OH
- Ralph Dayton Cole R-OH
- Albert Douglas R-OH
- Jay Ford Laning R-OH
- Capell Lane Weems R-OH
- James Kennedy R-OH
- William Aubrey Thomas R-OH
- Theodore Elijah Burton R-OH
- Bird Segle Mcguire R-OK
- Scott Ferris 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
- Thomas Stalker Butler R-PA
- Henry Burd Cassel R-PA
- John Thomas Lenahan D-PA
- Charles Napoleon Brumm R-PA
- John Geiser Mchenry D-PA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted R-PA
- John Merriman Reynolds R-PA
- Daniel Franklin Lafean R-PA
- George Franklin Huff R-PA
- Ernest Francis Acheson R-PA
- Joseph Grant Beale R-PA
- Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA
- James Francis Burke R-PA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA
- Daniel Larned Davis Granger D-RI
- James O'Hanlon Patterson D-SC
- Wyatt Aiken D-SC
- Asbury Francis Lever D-SC
- Eben Wever Martin R-SD
- Philo Hall R-SD
- John Austin Moon D-TN
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- John Wesley Gaines D-TN
- Oscar William Gillespie D-TX
- Harry Lee Maynard D-VA
- John Lamb D-VA
- Francis Rives Lassiter D-VA
- Edward Watts Saunders D-VA
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Charles Creighton Carlin D-VA
- Campbell Slemp R-VA
- David Johnson Foster R-VT
- Kittredge Haskins R-VT
- Francis Wellington Cushman R-WA
- William Joseph Cary R-WI
- Charles Herman Weisse D-WI
- Gustav Küstermann R-WI
- John James Jenkins R-WI
- Harry Chapman Woodyard R-WV
- James Anthony Hughes R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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