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John Calhoun Bell

Representative from Colorado
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1893–1903ID B000341
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 497 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 497 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1895 → 1897
under one label

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 ↓18931899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat under another party label
92.5%with Democrats
of 67 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +26 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, 1903H.R. 12199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 17546No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7414), 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
Mar 2, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903H.R. 12098No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1903H.R. 16842No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903S. 6139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903S. 3560No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1903S. 3560No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

5 Congresses
53rd · 189357th · 1901
Other party · House · CO53rd–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Colorado
JB

John Calhoun Bell

Representative from Colorado
HOUSEO1893–19035 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
83.7%with Democrats
of 497 votes · 16.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 497 · combined
Steepest move+26 pts1895→97, under another label

Career arc

10050018931901
1901–02 · 57th · Other party · of 67 votes92.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189357th · 1901
Other party53rd–57th

Party switchers

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