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John Bullock Clark

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID C000441
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 661 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 661 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.4%with Democrats
of 290 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −3 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 290 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

3 Congresses
35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · House · MO35th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JC

John Bullock Clark

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1857–18633 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
82.9%with Democrats
of 661 votes · 17.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 661 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1857→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571861
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 290 votes81.4%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 290 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat35th–37th

Party switchers

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