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Joseph David Beck

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1921–1929ID B000291
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LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 326 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 326 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19211927
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
60%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +21 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
Feb 8, 1929H.R. 16714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1929S. 1347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 31, 1929H.R. 303No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 303), 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
Jan 18, 1929H.R. 16301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1929H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 8, 1929H.R. 283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 15848No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 14813No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

4 Congresses
67th · 192170th · 1927
Republican · House · WI67th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JB

Joseph David Beck

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1921–19294 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
53.1%with Democrats
of 326 votes · 46.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested53%of 326 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 25 votes60%

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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 · 25 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192170th · 1927
Republican67th–70th

Party switchers

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