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James Whitson Dunbar

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1919–1931ID D000525
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 354 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 354 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19191925
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 52 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, −5 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
Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1931H.J.Res. 500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 500), 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
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 16836No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 52 contested votes scored in the 71st 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

3 Congresses
66th · 191971st · 1929
Republican · House · IN66th–71st
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
JD

James Whitson Dunbar

Representative from Indiana
HOUSER1919–19313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.7%with Democrats
of 354 votes · 89.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 354 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019191929
1929–30 · 71st · Republican · of 52 votes11.5%

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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 · 52 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191971st · 1929
Republican66th–71st

Party switchers

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