To amend S. 48, by providing that this resolution shall not relate to any lands for which patents have been issued and are now held by bona-fide purchasers othe

On Apr 23, 1908, the House voted 44–228 (S 48). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 39–116, Democrats 5–112. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 44 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: 44
No: 228
Did not vote: 127
Date: Apr 23, 1908

By party

Democrats5 yes · 112 no · 53 didn’t vote
Republicans39 yes · 116 no · 73 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Fellows Englebright R-CA voted yes
Julius Kahn R-CA voted yes
Everis Anson Hayes R-CA voted yes
Benjamin Pixley Birdsall R-IA voted yes
Gilbert Nelson Haugen R-IA voted yes
Walter Inglewood Smith R-IA voted yes
Elbert Hamilton Hubbard R-IA voted yes
Burton Lee French R-ID voted yes
Arsène Paulin Pujo D-LA voted yes
Edwin Denby R-MI voted yes
Washington Gardner R-MI voted yes
Samuel William Smith R-MI voted yes
Henry Gordon Mcmorran R-MI voted yes
Joseph Warren Fordney R-MI voted yes
George Alvin Loud R-MI voted yes
Archibald Bard Darragh R-MI voted yes
Horace Olin Young R-MI voted yes
James Adam Bede R-MN voted yes
Edgar Clarence Ellis R-MO voted yes
John James Gardner R-NJ voted yes
Charles Vincent Fornes D-NY voted yes
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D-NY voted yes
John Emory Andrus R-NY voted yes
Thomas Wilson Bradley R-NY voted yes
George Newell Southwick R-NY voted yes
George Winthrop Fairchild R-NY voted yes
John Wilbur Dwight R-NY voted yes
James Breck Perkins R-NY voted yes
Edward Butterfield Vreeland R-NY voted yes
Joseph Warren Keifer R-OH voted yes
Reuben Osborne Moon R-PA voted yes
Irving Price Wanger R-PA voted yes
John Hoover Rothermel D-PA voted yes
George Washington Kipp D-PA voted yes
George Franklin Huff R-PA voted yes
Arthur Laban Bates R-PA voted yes
Nelson Platt Wheeler R-PA voted yes
John Dalzell R-PA voted yes
Andrew Jackson Barchfeld R-PA voted yes
William Henry Parker R-SD voted yes
Joseph Howell R-UT voted yes
James Henry Davidson R-WI voted yes
Elmer Addison Morse R-WI voted yes
John James Jenkins R-WI voted yes

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 S. 48, by providing that this…: House Vote, Apr 23, 1908,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/60-H-92/to-amend-s-48-by-providing-that-this-resolution (accessed 2026-10-16).