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Joseph Medill McCormick

Senator from Illinois
SENATEREPUBLICAN1917–1925ID M000369
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 580 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 580 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1921 → 1923
still a Republican

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 ↓19171923
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.2%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −8 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
Feb 23, 1925H.R. 518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 4, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1925noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 2, 1925S. 56No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 30, 1925S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 30, 1925S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1925S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1925S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 29, 1925S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 68th 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

4 Congresses
65th · 191766th · 191968th · 1923
Republican · House · IL65th–65th
Republican · Senate · IL66th–68th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JM

Joseph Medill McCormick

Senator from Illinois
SENATER1917–19254 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.8%with Democrats
of 580 votes · 91.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 580 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1921→23, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171923
1923–24 · 68th · Republican · of 31 votes3.2%

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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 · 31 contested votes scored in the 68th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191768th · 1923
Republican65th–65th
Republican66th–68th

Party switchers

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