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Smith McPherson

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1901ID M000594
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 51 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 51 · both combined

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 ↓1899
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.9%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jun 5, 1900S. 3419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1900H.R. 11212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 4, 1900H.R. 11212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11212), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 4, 1900H.Res. 264No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1900H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1900H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 2, 1900H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1900H.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 31, 1900H.J.Res. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

1 Congresses
56th · 1899
Republican · House · IA56th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Smith McPherson

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1899–19011 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
3.9%with Democrats
of 51 votes · 96.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 51 · combined

Career arc

10050018991899
1899–1900 · 56th · Republican · of 51 votes3.9%

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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 · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189956th · 1899
Republican56th–56th

Party switchers

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