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John Joseph Cochran

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1925–1947ID C000565
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 757 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 757 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓1925193119371943
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.7%with Democrats
of 57 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −16 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 3, 1946H.R. 6056No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1946H.R. 6056No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 2, 1946H.Res. 588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 588), 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 28, 1946H.Res. 573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 26, 1946H.J.Res. 328No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1946H.R. 3068No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 21, 1946H.R. 5201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 19, 1946H.R. 4873No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 14, 1946H.R. 5455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 79th 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

11 Congresses
69th · 192579th · 1945
Democrat · House · MO69th–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JC

John Joseph Cochran

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1925–194711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Democrats
of 757 votes · 21% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 757 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019251945
1945–46 · 79th · Democrat · of 57 votes87.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 57 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

69th · 192579th · 1945
Democrat69th–79th

Party switchers

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