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Mark Reeves Bacon

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1917–1919ID B000018
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LegislationHEADLINE
26%with Dems
of 23 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
26%with Dems
of 23 · both combined

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 ↓1917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.1%with Democrats
of 23 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Oct 5, 1917H.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 3, 1917H.J.Res. 116No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 2, 1917S. 2623No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2623), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 24, 1917H.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1917S. 2477No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 13, 1917H.R. 5723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 10, 1917H.R. 5723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1917H.R. 4961No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1917H.R. 4285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 65th CongressAll votes this Congress →

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

Service record

1 Congresses
65th · 1917
Republican · House · MI65th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Mark Reeves Bacon

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1917–19191 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
26.1%with Democrats
of 23 votes · 73.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested26%of 23 · combined

Career arc

10050019171917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 23 votes26.1%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 23 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191765th · 1917
Republican65th–65th

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