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James George Maguire

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1899ID M000059
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 263 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 263 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1893
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.5%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, +7 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
Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11683), 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 23, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
53rd · 189355th · 1897
Democrat · House · CA53rd–55th
Term datesexact
Members · California
JM

James George Maguire

Representative from California
HOUSED1893–18993 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.8%with Democrats
of 263 votes · 7.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 263 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931897
1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 81 votes97.5%

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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 · 81 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189355th · 1897
Democrat53rd–55th

Party switchers

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