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Joseph Gurney Cannon

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1923ID C000121
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 3,370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 3,370 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓187318791885189118971903190919151921
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.2%with Democrats
of 171 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +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
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1923S. 2051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4280), 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
Feb 27, 1923H.R. 11939No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1923H.Res. 507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

23 Congresses
43rd · 187367th · 1921
Republican · House · IL43rd–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JC

Joseph Gurney Cannon

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1873–192323 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.5%with Democrats
of 3,370 votes · 85.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 3,370 · combined
Steepest move+19 pts1915→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018731921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 171 votes8.2%

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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 · 171 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187367th · 1921
Republican43rd–67th

Party switchers

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