Bernhard Martin Jacobsen

Representative from Iowa

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1937ID J000038

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 278 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 278 · both combined

Steepest move

+11 pts

1931 → 1933

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 ↓1931

1935–3674th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

87.3%with Democrats

of 110 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +11 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

Jun 19, 1936H.R. 12395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jun 17, 1936H.R. 11663No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11663), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 3, 1936H.R. 8455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11072No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jun 2, 1936H.R. 11687No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

72nd · 193174th · 1935

Democrat · House · IA72nd–74th

Term datesexact

Bernhard Martin Jacobsen

Representative from Iowa

HOUSED1931–19373 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

85.6%with Democrats

of 278 votes · 14.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 278 · combined

Steepest move+11 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311935

1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 110 votes87.3%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193174th · 1935

Democrat72nd–74th

Party switchers

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