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James Wilson McDill

Senator from Iowa
SENATEREPUBLICAN1873–1883ID M000407
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,064 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,064 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18731879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.8%with Democrats
of 575 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −6 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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 7637No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 4757No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4757), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 575 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
43rd · 187347th · 1881
Republican · House · IA43rd–44th
Republican · Senate · IA47th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
JM

James Wilson McDill

Senator from Iowa
SENATER1873–18833 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.7%with Democrats
of 1,064 votes · 85.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,064 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018731881
1881–82 · 47th · Republican · of 575 votes14.8%

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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 · 575 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187347th · 1881
Republican43rd–44th
Republican47th–47th

Party switchers

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