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James Campbell McLaughlin

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1907–1933ID M000539
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,278 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,278 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓19071913191919251931
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.3%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −13 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
Jul 16, 1932H.R. 12280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1932H.R. 12280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1932H.R. 9642No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9642), 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
Jul 15, 1932H.R. 12280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 14, 1932H.R. 9642No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 13, 1932H.R. 12946No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 13, 1932H.R. 12946No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1932H.R. 11897No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1932H.R. 11897No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

13 Congresses
60th · 190772nd · 1931
Republican · House · MI60th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JM

James Campbell McLaughlin

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1907–193313 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
10.7%with Democrats
of 1,278 votes · 89.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 1,278 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019071931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 48 votes8.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190772nd · 1931
Republican60th–72nd

Party switchers

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