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John Adam Kasson

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1885ID K000018
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,220 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,220 · both combined
Steepest move
−23 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1863186918751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.2%with Democrats
of 74 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −23 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
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3962), 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
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 6770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 6770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 3962No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 5, 1884H.R. 5667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1884H.R. 7069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

6 Congresses
38th · 186348th · 1883
Republican · House · IA38th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JK

John Adam Kasson

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1863–18856 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.2%with Democrats
of 1,220 votes · 81.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 1,220 · combined
Steepest move−23 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 74 votes12.2%

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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 · 74 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186348th · 1883
Republican38th–48th

Party switchers

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