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John Logan Chipman

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1895ID C000367
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LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 558 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 558 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓18871893
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
57.7%with Democrats
of 111 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +25 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, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), 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 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 111 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

4 Congresses
50th · 188753rd · 1893
Democrat · House · MI50th–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JC

John Logan Chipman

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1887–18954 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
70.1%with Democrats
of 558 votes · 29.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested70%of 558 · combined
Steepest move+25 pts1887→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871893
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 111 votes57.7%

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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 · 111 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188753rd · 1893
Democrat50th–53rd

Party switchers

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