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Joseph Russell Knowland

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1915ID K000291
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 512 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 512 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓19031909
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.7%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +13 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 4, 1915noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1915S. 4522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4522), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1915H.R. 20189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1915H.R. 20415No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1915noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 17869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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
58th · 190363rd · 1913
Republican · House · CA58th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Joseph Russell Knowland

Representative from California
HOUSER1903–19156 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.4%with Democrats
of 512 votes · 92.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 512 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1903→05, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019031913
1913–14 · 63rd · Republican · of 65 votes7.7%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190363rd · 1913
Republican58th–63rd

Party switchers

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