James Thomas McDermott

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1917ID M000405

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 416 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 416 · both combined

Steepest move

−20 pts

1913 → 1915

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 ↓19071913

1915–1664th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

54.7%with Democrats

of 64 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −20 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

Mar 3, 1917H.J.Res. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

5 Congresses

60th · 190764th · 1915

Democrat · House · IL60th–64th

Term datesexact

James Thomas McDermott

Representative from Illinois

HOUSED1907–19175 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

79.1%with Democrats

of 416 votes · 20.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 416 · combined

Steepest move−20 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071915

1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 64 votes54.7%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190764th · 1915

Democrat60th–64th

Party switchers

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