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Joseph Washington McClurg

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1863–1869ID M000347
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,189 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,189 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1865 → 1867
still a Republican
Changed parties
39th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1863O→R · 39th
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.4%with Democrats
of 339 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, −2 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
Jul 25, 1868noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1868S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 207), 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
Jul 25, 1868S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1868H.R. 1460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1868S. 617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1868noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1868S. 567No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 339 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
38th · 186339th · 186540th · 1867
Other party · House · MO38th–38th
Republican · House · MO39th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JM

Joseph Washington McClurg

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEO→R1863–18693 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.6%with Democrats
of 1,189 votes · 89.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 1,189 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1865→67, as a Republican
Changed parties39thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18631867
1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 339 votes9.4%

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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 · 339 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186340th · 1867
Other party38th–38th
Republican39th–40th

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