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James Henry Davidson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1919ID D000084
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 635 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 635 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1911 → 1917
still a Republican

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 ↓1897190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.9%with Democrats
of 46 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1917, +18 pts — within one party label.
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 28, 1918H.Res. 323No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1918H.R. 8696No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 13, 1918H.R. 10358No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10358), 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
May 9, 1918S.J.Res. 124No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1918S.J.Res. 123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 9, 1918H.Res. 335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 6, 1918S. 3402No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 6, 1918H.R. 29959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 3, 1918H.R. 3132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 46 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

9 Congresses
55th · 189765th · 1917
Republican · House · WI55th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JD

James Henry Davidson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1897–19199 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.3%with Democrats
of 635 votes · 88.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 635 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1911→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971917
1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 46 votes23.9%

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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 · 46 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189765th · 1917
Republican55th–65th

Party switchers

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