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Anselm Joseph McLaurin

Senator from Mississippi
SENATEDEMOCRAT1893–1911ID M000542
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LegislationHEADLINE
98%with Dems
of 573 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
98%with Dems
of 573 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1893 → 1901
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 ↓189318991905
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 90 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1901, +3 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
Aug 5, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Aug 5, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 8, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 90 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
53rd · 189361st · 1909
Democrat · Senate · MS53rd–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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Anselm Joseph McLaurin

Senator from Mississippi
SENATED1893–19116 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
98.4%with Democrats
of 573 votes · 1.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested98%of 573 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1893→01, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931909
1909–10 · 61st · Democrat · of 90 votes100%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 90 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189361st · 1909
Democrat53rd–61st

Party switchers

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