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Joseph McKenna

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1893ID M000500
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 659 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 659 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓18851891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
20%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +17 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 26, 1892H.R. 723No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 24, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 24, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 24, 1892H.R. 4426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1892H.R. 4426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 24, 1892H.R. 4426No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1892H.R. 2122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican · House · CA49th–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · California
JM

Joseph McKenna

Representative from California
HOUSER1885–18934 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
8.8%with Democrats
of 659 votes · 91.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 659 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851891
1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 25 votes20%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican49th–52nd

Party switchers

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