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James Adam Bede

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1909ID B000297
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 226 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 226 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓1903
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.8%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −8 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, 1909S. 4441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 607), 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 1, 1909S. 4825No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.R. 28245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

3 Congresses
58th · 190360th · 1907
Republican · House · MN58th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
JB

James Adam Bede

Representative from Minnesota
HOUSER1903–19093 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.6%with Democrats
of 226 votes · 89.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 226 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019031907
1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 117 votes6.8%

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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 · 117 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190360th · 1907
Republican58th–60th

Party switchers

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