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John William Davis

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1911–1915ID D000121
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 124 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 124 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1911
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.9%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −1 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
Nov 1, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1913H.Res. 203No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jul 25, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 22, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 18, 1913H.Res. 181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 9, 1913H.Res. 198No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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
62nd · 191163rd · 1913
Democrat · House · WV62nd–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
JD

John William Davis

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSED1911–19152 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.5%with Democrats
of 124 votes · 10.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 124 · combined
Steepest move−1 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019111913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 9 votes88.9%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191163rd · 1913
Democrat62nd–63rd

Party switchers

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