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John Mills Houston

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1935–1943ID H000824
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 402 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 402 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓19351941
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.6%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, −9 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
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 23, 1942H.R. 7565No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7416), 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
Sep 9, 1942H.R. 7416No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 7, 1942H.R. 7349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1942H.R. 7181No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1942H.R. 6845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 6709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

4 Congresses
74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat · House · KS74th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
JH

John Mills Houston

Representative from Kansas
HOUSED1935–19434 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.9%with Democrats
of 402 votes · 22.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 402 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1935→37, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019351941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 49 votes81.6%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

74th · 193577th · 1941
Democrat74th–77th

Party switchers

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