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Joseph Weeks Babcock

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1907ID B000004
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LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 472 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 472 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓189318991905
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +9 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
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 24640No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 13566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13566), 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
Mar 2, 1907S. 6147No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 24815No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 25745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1907H.R. 25745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

7 Congresses
53rd · 189359th · 1905
Republican · House · WI53rd–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JB

Joseph Weeks Babcock

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1893–19077 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.1%with Democrats
of 472 votes · 94.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested5%of 472 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1903→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018931905
1905–06 · 59th · Republican · of 48 votes12.5%

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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 · 48 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189359th · 1905
Republican53rd–59th

Party switchers

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