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Martin Barnaby Madden

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1905–1929ID M000038
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,098 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,098 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1905191119171923
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.1%with Democrats
of 18 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −20 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
Apr 24, 1928S. 3740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 24, 1928H.R. 3740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 279), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 29, 1928H.R. 149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 21, 1928H.R. 8141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1928H.R. 8141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 13, 1928H.Res. 134No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1928S. 2317No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1928S.J.Res. 47No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 18 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

12 Congresses
59th · 190570th · 1927
Republican · House · IL59th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Martin Barnaby Madden

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1905–192912 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12.1%with Democrats
of 1,098 votes · 87.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 1,098 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1913→15, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019051927
1927–28 · 70th · Republican · of 18 votes11.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 18 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190570th · 1927
Republican59th–70th

Party switchers

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