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John Beard Allen

Senator from Washington
SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1893ID A000130
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 411 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 411 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1889 → 1891
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1889
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
22.4%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +12 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Feb 16, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7845), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 28, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 19, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 52nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

2 Congresses
51st · 188952nd · 1891
Republican · Senate · WA51st–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
JA

John Beard Allen

Senator from Washington
SENATER1889–18932 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.9%with Democrats
of 411 votes · 88.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 411 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891891
1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 58 votes22.4%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

51st · 188952nd · 1891
Republican51st–52nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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