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James Knox Polk Hall

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1903ID H000054
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LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 74 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 74 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.6%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +7 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
Jul 1, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1902S. 2295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1902H.R. 15108No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15108), 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 28, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 7, 1902H.R. 11353No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 23, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 18, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 7, 1902S. 176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
56th · 189957th · 1901
Democrat · House · PA56th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JH

James Knox Polk Hall

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1899–19032 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
64.9%with Democrats
of 74 votes · 35.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested65%of 74 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1899→01, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 17 votes70.6%

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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 · 17 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189957th · 1901
Democrat56th–57th

Party switchers

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