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Ira Clifton Copley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1911–1923ID C000770
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 411 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 411 · both combined
Steepest move
+29 pts
1915 → 1917
the label changed
Changed parties
64th
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓19111917R→O · 64th
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.9%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +29 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1923H.Res. 507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 507), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14229No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1923H.Res. 503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

6 Congresses
62nd · 191164th · 191565th · 191767th · 1921
Republican · House · IL62nd–63rd
Other party · House · IL64th–64th
Republican · House · IL65th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Ira Clifton Copley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER→O→R1911–19236 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
15.1%with Democrats
of 411 votes · 84.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 411 · combined
Steepest move+29 pts1915→17, as a Republican
Changed parties64thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O19111921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 72 votes6.9%

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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 · 72 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191167th · 1921
Republican62nd–63rd
Other party64th–64th
Republican65th–67th

Other party switchers

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