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Frank Alexander McLain

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1909ID M000533
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 383 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 383 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1903 → 1905
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 ↓18971903
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.5%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1903 → 1905, +8 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 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5729), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1909H.R. 28243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 575No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1909H.Res. 573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

6 Congresses
55th · 189760th · 1907
Democrat · House · MS55th–60th
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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Frank Alexander McLain

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1897–19096 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.6%with Democrats
of 383 votes · 4.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 383 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1903→05, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971907
1907–08 · 60th · Democrat · of 89 votes95.5%

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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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189760th · 1907
Democrat55th–60th

Party switchers

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