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John Jackson McSwain

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1921–1937ID M000604
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 608 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 608 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1927 → 1929
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 ↓192119271933
1935–3674th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.5%with Democrats
of 86 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, +15 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
Jun 20, 1936H.Res. 559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1936H.R. 12455No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1936S. 4020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4020), 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
Jun 19, 1936H.R. 3251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1936H.R. 11581No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 29, 1936H.R. 11418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1936S. 3398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 74th 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

8 Congresses
67th · 192174th · 1935
Democrat · House · SC67th–74th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
JM

John Jackson McSwain

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSED1921–19378 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.3%with Democrats
of 608 votes · 7.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 608 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1927→29, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019211935
1935–36 · 74th · Democrat · of 86 votes89.5%

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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 86 contested votes scored in the 74th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

67th · 192174th · 1935
Democrat67th–74th

Party switchers

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