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John Baldwin Hawley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID H000376
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 1,005 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 1,005 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.1%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −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, 1875H.R. 3341No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican · House · IL41st–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JH

John Baldwin Hawley

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1869–18753 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
18.7%with Democrats
of 1,005 votes · 81.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 1,005 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 279 votes16.1%

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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 · 279 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican41st–43rd

Party switchers

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