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John Albert McShane

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1889ID M000601
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LegislationHEADLINE
63%with Dems
of 67 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
63%with Dems
of 67 · 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 ↓1887
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
62.7%with Democrats
of 67 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
Jan 12, 1889S. 944No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 12, 1889S. 944No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1889S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 182), 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
Jan 11, 1889S. 154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1889S. 154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 8, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 8, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 7, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
50th · 1887
Democrat · House · NE50th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
JM

John Albert McShane

Representative from Nebraska
HOUSED1887–18891 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
62.7%with Democrats
of 67 votes · 37.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested63%of 67 · combined

Career arc

10050018871887
1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 67 votes62.7%

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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 · 67 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188750th · 1887
Democrat50th–50th

Party switchers

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