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Moses Edwin Clapp

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1899–1917ID C000414
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LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 1,011 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 1,011 · both combined
Steepest move
+36 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓189919051911
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.5%with Democrats
of 170 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, +36 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, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20783No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 8322), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1917S. 8322No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 20632No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 170 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

9 Congresses
56th · 189964th · 1915
Republican · Senate · MN56th–64th
Term datesyears only to 1899 · exact from 1901
Members · Minnesota
MC

Moses Edwin Clapp

Senator from Minnesota
SENATER1899–19179 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Democrats
of 1,011 votes · 66% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested34%of 1,011 · combined
Steepest move+36 pts1907→09, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991915
1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 170 votes26.5%

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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 · 170 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189964th · 1915
Republican56th–64th

Party switchers

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