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John Esten Miles

Representative from New Mexico
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1949–1951ID M000705
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 106 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 106 · 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 ↓1949
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.2%with Democrats
of 106 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
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9853), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
81st · 1949
Democrat · House · NM81st–81st
Term datesexact
Members · New Mexico
JM

John Esten Miles

Representative from New Mexico
HOUSED1949–19511 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.2%with Democrats
of 106 votes · 20.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 106 · combined

Career arc

10050019491949
1949–50 · 81st · Democrat · of 106 votes79.2%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 106 contested votes scored in the 81st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

81st · 194981st · 1949
Democrat81st–81st

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