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John Walter Cranford

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1899ID C000876
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Dems
of 34 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
100%with Dems
of 34 · both combined

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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 34 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 16, 1898H.R. 10807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1898S. 95No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1898H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7130), 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
Dec 7, 1898H.R. 7130No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 22, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

1 Congresses
55th · 1897
Democrat · House · TX55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JC

John Walter Cranford

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Democrats
of 34 votes · 0% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested100%of 34 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 34 votes100%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 34 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Democrat55th–55th

Party switchers

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