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John Bayard Anderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1961–1981ID A000195
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LegislationHEADLINE
37%with Dems
of 2,265 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
37%with Dems
of 2,265 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1977 → 1979
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 ↓1961196719731979
1979–8096th Congress
Sat as a Republican
67.9%with Democrats
of 137 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1977 → 1979, +20 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 15, 1980noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1980H.J.Res. 637No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8379), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8379No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980H.R. 8105No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1980S. 1615No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 4, 1980H.R. 7591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 137 contested votes scored in the 96th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance50.7% · 280 votes
Congress44.5% · 164 votes
Energy31.5% · 111 votes
Government Operations and Politics37.6% · 101 votes
International Affairs85.6% · 97 votes
Armed Forces and National Security51.3% · 39 votes
Transportation and Public Works47.4% · 38 votes
Labor and Employment19.4% · 36 votes
Taxation37.1% · 35 votes
Law89.7% · 29 votes
Agriculture and Food18.5% · 27 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources51.9% · 27 votes
Education70.8% · 24 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance69.6% · 23 votes
Environmental Protection33.3% · 21 votes
Commerce23.5% · 17 votes
Health33.3% · 15 votes
Social Welfare26.7% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement35.7% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources61.5% · 13 votes
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 12 votes
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12 votes
Industrial relations9.1% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
District of Columbia— · 8 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Electronic surveillance— · 7 votes
Lobbying— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Private Legislation— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 4 votes
Home repair and improvement— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Mortgages— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
Government securities— · 3 votes
Indian claims— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Credit— · 2 votes
Cultural centers— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Black lung— · 1 vote
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Import restrictions— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal rates and revenues— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote

They also voted in 78 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Financial disclosure, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

10 Congresses
87th · 196196th · 1979
Republican · House · IL87th–96th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JA

John Bayard Anderson

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1961–198110 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
37%with Democrats
of 2,265 votes · 63% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested37%of 2,265 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1977→79, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019611979
1979–80 · 96th · Republican · of 137 votes67.9%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 137 contested votes scored in the 96th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance50.7% · 280
Congress44.5% · 164
Energy31.5% · 111
Government Operations and Politics37.6% · 101
International Affairs85.6% · 97
Armed Forces and National Security51.3% · 39
Transportation and Public Works47.4% · 38
Labor and Employment19.4% · 36
Taxation37.1% · 35
Law89.7% · 29
Agriculture and Food18.5% · 27
Public Lands and Natural Resources51.9% · 27
Education70.8% · 24
Foreign Trade and International Finance69.6% · 23
Environmental Protection33.3% · 21
Commerce23.5% · 17
Health33.3% · 15
Social Welfare26.7% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement35.7% · 14
Mines and mineral resources61.5% · 13
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 12
Housing and Community Development83.3% · 12
Industrial relations9.1% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
District of Columbia— · 8
Vietnamese Conflict— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Electronic surveillance— · 7
Lobbying— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Public works— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Private Legislation— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 4
Home repair and improvement— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Mortgages— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Embargo— · 3
Government securities— · 3
Indian claims— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Credit— · 2
Cultural centers— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Black lung— · 1
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Import restrictions— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal rates and revenues— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1

Also voted in 78 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Aquaculture, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Checks, Chemicals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Climate, Clothing industry, Commodity control, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Contested elections, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Financial disclosure, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Photovoltaic power systems, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Refugees, Rural conditions, Salaries, Social Sciences and History, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

87th · 196196th · 1979
Republican87th–96th

Party switchers

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