To amend H. R. 18347 (35 stat 406, 5/27/08), a bill making appropriations for post office department for the fiscal year ending 6/1909, by increasing appropriat

On Mar 13, 1908, the House voted 135–126 (HR 18347). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 84–69, Democrats 56–61, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 125 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: 135
No: 126
Did not vote: 128
Date: Mar 13, 1908

By party

Democrats56 yes · 61 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans84 yes · 69 no · 75 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Richmond Pearson Hobson D-AL voted yes
William Richardson D-AL voted yes
James Carson Needham R-CA voted no
Sylvester Clark Smith R-CA voted no
Robert William Bonynge R-CO voted no
Warren Armstrong Haggott R-CO voted no
Charles Gordon Edwards D-GA voted yes
Leonidas Felix Livingston D-GA voted yes
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D-GA voted yes
Thomas William Hardwick D-GA voted yes
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted no
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted no
William Peters Hepburn R-IA voted no
James Thomas Mcdermott D-IL voted yes
Howard Malcolm Snapp R-IL voted no
Charles Eugene Fuller R-IL voted no
Pleasant Thomas Chapman R-IL voted no
Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood R-IL voted no
John Hopkins Foster R-IN voted no
John Crawford Chaney R-IN voted no
Elias Selah Holliday R-IN voted no
Jesse Overstreet R-IN voted no
John Alfred Adair D-IN voted yes
Charles Beary Landis R-IN voted no
Edgar Dean Crumpacker R-IN voted no
Clarence Chauncey Gilhams R-IN voted no
Charles Frederick Scott R-KS voted no
Philip Pitt Campbell R-KS voted no
James Monroe Miller R-KS voted no
William Augustus Reeder R-KS voted no
Edmond Haggard Madison R-KS voted no
Victor Murdock R-KS voted no
Ben Johnson D-KY voted yes
Joseph Swagar Sherley D-KY voted yes
John Wesley Langley R-KY voted no
Don Calvin Edwards R-KY voted no
Robert Foligny Broussard D-LA voted yes
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D-LA voted yes
George Kent Favrot D-LA voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted yes
Charles Quincy Tirrell R-MA voted no
John Austin Keliher D-MA voted yes
Joseph Francis O'Connell D-MA voted yes
Andrew James Peters D-MA voted yes
John Gill Jr. D-MD voted yes
Charles Edgar Littlefield R-ME voted no
Charles Elroy Townsend R-MI voted no
Washington Gardner R-MI voted no
Edward La Rue Hamilton R-MI voted no
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted no
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted no
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted no
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted no
James Albertus Tawney R-MN voted no
Winfield Scott Hammond D-MN voted yes
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
Charles Ferris Booher D-MO voted yes
Thomas Hackney D-MO voted yes
John Sharp Williams D-MS voted yes
Asle Jorgenson Gronna R-ND voted no
Thomas Frank Marshall R-ND voted no
Ernest Mark Pollard R-NE voted no
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D-NE voted yes
John Frank Boyd R-NE voted no
Edmund Howard Hinshaw R-NE voted no
Moses Pierce Kinkaid R-NE voted no
Henry Clay Loudenslager R-NJ voted no
John James Gardner R-NJ voted no
William Hughes D-NJ voted yes
Eugene Walter Leake D-NJ voted yes
John Joseph Fitzgerald D-NY voted yes
Henry Mayer Goldfogle D-NY voted yes
William Sulzer D-NY voted yes
Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
William Bourke Cockran D-NY voted yes
William Forte Willett Jr. D-NY voted yes
Francis Burton Harrison D-NY voted yes

And 45 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 18347 (35 stat 406, 5/27/08)…: House Vote, Mar 13, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-8/to-amend-h-r-18347-35-stat-406-5 (accessed 2026-10-17).