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James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1921ID C000437
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 1,123 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 1,123 · both combined
Steepest move
−29 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓18931899190519111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.4%with Democrats
of 112 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −29 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 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1921H.R. 15975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15975), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 8, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1921H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1921H.R. 15873No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1921H.R. 15836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

13 Congresses
53rd · 189366th · 1919
Democrat · House · MO53rd–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JC

James Beauchamp (Champ) Clark

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1893–192113 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Democrats
of 1,123 votes · 5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 1,123 · combined
Steepest move−29 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931919
1919–20 · 66th · Democrat · of 112 votes88.4%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189366th · 1919
Democrat53rd–66th

Party switchers

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