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James Henry MacLafferty

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1921–1925ID M000028
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 132 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 132 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓1921
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.7%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, +4 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, 1925H.Res. 426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1925H.R. 12392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1925H.J.Res. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 365), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 27, 1925H.R. 11503No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 12348No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1925H.R. 12348No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1925H.R. 11444No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1925H.R. 745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1925H.R. 745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

2 Congresses
67th · 192168th · 1923
Republican · House · CA67th–68th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JM

James Henry MacLafferty

Representative from California
HOUSER1921–19252 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
7.6%with Democrats
of 132 votes · 92.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 132 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211923
1923–24 · 68th · Republican · of 92 votes8.7%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192168th · 1923
Republican67th–68th

Party switchers

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