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James Stewart Martin

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1873–1875ID M000184
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LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 279 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 279 · both combined

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 ↓1873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.1%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1875H.R. 3341No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875S. 1294No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2418), 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 3, 1875H.R. 435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 3621No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

1 Congresses
43rd · 1873
Republican · House · IL43rd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JM

James Stewart Martin

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1873–18751 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.1%with Democrats
of 279 votes · 78.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 279 · combined

Career arc

10050018731873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 279 votes21.1%

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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 · 279 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187343rd · 1873
Republican43rd–43rd

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