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John Jacob Esch

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1921ID E000212
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,185 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,185 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓1899190519111917
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7%with Democrats
of 128 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +10 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, 1921H.R. 15275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15934No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15934), 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
Mar 3, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921S. 1551No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1921H.R. 15943No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.J.Res. 382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1921S. 5023No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 66th 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

11 Congresses
56th · 189966th · 1919
Republican · House · WI56th–66th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JE

John Jacob Esch

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1899–192111 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.2%with Democrats
of 1,185 votes · 88.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 1,185 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1903→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991919
1919–20 · 66th · Republican · of 128 votes7%

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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 · 128 contested votes scored in the 66th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189966th · 1919
Republican56th–66th

Party switchers

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