Frank Buchanan

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1917ID B001001

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 350 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 350 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1911 → 1913

still a Democrat

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 ↓1911

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

63.4%with Democrats

of 71 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.

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, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), 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

Open roll call

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

62nd · 191164th · 1915

Democrat · House · IL62nd–64th

Term datesexact

Frank Buchanan

Representative from Illinois

HOUSED1911–19173 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

77.1%with Democrats

of 350 votes · 22.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 350 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111915

1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 71 votes63.4%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191164th · 1915

Democrat62nd–64th

Party switchers

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