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James Robert Claiborne

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1937ID C000402
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LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 113 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 113 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1933 → 1935
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 ↓1933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.6%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +6 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
May 22, 1936S. 3531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1936S. 3978No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1936H.R. 9863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9863), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 10, 1936H.R. 11365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1936H.R. 11563No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1936H.R. 8459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 9, 1936H.R. 8458No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 6, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1936H.Res. 422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 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

2 Congresses
73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat · House · MO73rd–74th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JC

James Robert Claiborne

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1933–19372 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
65.5%with Democrats
of 113 votes · 34.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested65%of 113 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1933→35, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019331935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 51 votes68.6%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193374th · 1935
Democrat73rd–74th

Party switchers

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