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John Theodore Buckbee

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1927–1937ID B001020
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 290 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 290 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓19271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.3%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −19 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
Apr 7, 1936H.Res. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1936S. 3424No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1936H.R. 11365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11365), 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
Mar 2, 1936H.Res. 426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1936H.R. 4178No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 5, 1936S. 3934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1936H.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1936H.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 31, 1936H.R. 10630No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 74th 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
70th · 192774th · 1935
Republican · House · IL70th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JB

John Theodore Buckbee

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1927–19375 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12.1%with Democrats
of 290 votes · 87.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 290 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271935
1935–36 · 74th · Republican · of 80 votes6.3%

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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 · 80 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

70th · 192774th · 1935
Republican70th–74th

Party switchers

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