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John Miller Baer

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1917–1921ID B000027
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 160 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 160 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1917 → 1919
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 ↓1917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.1%with Democrats
of 85 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −10 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 3, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15422), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
May 29, 1920H.R. 14157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 29, 1920H.Res. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 29, 1920H.Res. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 28, 1920H.Res. 552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 28, 1920H.R. 12775No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 28, 1920H.J.Res. 327No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
65th · 191766th · 1919
Republican · House · ND65th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
JB

John Miller Baer

Representative from North Dakota
HOUSER1917–19212 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
18.8%with Democrats
of 160 votes · 81.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 160 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1917→19, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171919
1919–20 · 66th · Republican · of 85 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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191766th · 1919
Republican65th–66th

Party switchers

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