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John Calhoun Cook

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1885ID C000719
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 109 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 109 · both combined
Steepest move
+29 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.4%with Democrats
of 107 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +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 3, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat · House · IA47th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JC

John Calhoun Cook

Representative from Iowa
HOUSED1881–18852 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
78.9%with Democrats
of 109 votes · 21.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 109 · combined
Steepest move+29 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 107 votes79.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 107 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat47th–48th

Party switchers

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