John Alexander Anderson

Representative from Kansas

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→INDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1879–1891ID A000194

LegislationHEADLINE

20%with Dems

of 1,276 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

20%with Dems

of 1,276 · both combined

Steepest move

−10 pts

1887 → 1889

the label changed

Changed parties

50th

R → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓18791885R→I · 50th

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.1%with Democrats

of 389 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, −10 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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

Mar 2, 1891S. 4212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891H.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 138), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1891S. 5110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1891H.R. 13069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 389 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

6 Congresses

46th · 187950th · 188751st · 1889

Republican · House · KS46th–49th

Independent · House · KS50th–50th

Republican · House · KS51st–51st

Term datesexact

John Alexander Anderson

Representative from Kansas

HOUSER→I→R1879–18916 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

20%with Democrats

of 1,276 votes · 80% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested20%of 1,276 · combined

Steepest move−10 pts1887→89, as a Republican

Changed parties50thR→I

Career arc

100500R→I18791889

1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 389 votes14.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 389 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187951st · 1889

Republican46th–49th

Independent50th–50th

Republican51st–51st

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