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James McAndrews

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1901–1941ID M000296
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 810 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 810 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1903 → 1913
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 ↓1901190719131919192519311937
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.7%with Democrats
of 154 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1913, −24 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
Dec 18, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Con.Res. 93), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Oct 9, 1940S. 4374No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1940noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 7, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1940S. 3936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1940S. 3936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 3840No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 154 contested votes scored in the 76th 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

9 Congresses
57th · 190176th · 1939
Democrat · House · IL57th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JM

James McAndrews

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1901–19419 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
79.1%with Democrats
of 810 votes · 20.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 810 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1903→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019011939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 154 votes87.7%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 154 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

57th · 190176th · 1939
Democrat57th–76th

Party switchers

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