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Porter James McCumber

Senator from North Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN1899–1923ID M000397
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,777 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,777 · both combined
Steepest move
+32 pts
1901 → 1903
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 ↓1899190519111917
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.6%with Democrats
of 485 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, +32 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
Mar 3, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923H.R. 14222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1923S.Res. 454No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.Res. 454), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1923noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 485 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

12 Congresses
56th · 189967th · 1921
Republican · Senate · ND56th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · North Dakota
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Porter James McCumber

Senator from North Dakota
SENATER1899–192312 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.5%with Democrats
of 1,777 votes · 84.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,777 · combined
Steepest move+32 pts1901→03, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 485 votes6.6%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 485 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189967th · 1921
Republican56th–67th

Party switchers

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