JM
John Alexander McClernand
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1863ID M000337
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 216 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 216 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 24 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +8 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
Aug 5, 1861S. 69LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861S. 54LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Aug 3, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861S. 44LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses36th · 185937th · 1861
Democrat · House · IL36th–37th
Term datesexact