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John Elvis Miller

Senator from Arkansas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1931–1943ID M000738
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 520 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 520 · both combined
Steepest move
+22 pts
1939 → 1941
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 ↓19311937
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 18 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1939 → 1941, +22 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
Mar 24, 1941H.R. 4050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1776), 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
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1941H.R. 1776No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 18 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
72nd · 193176th · 193977th · 1941
Democrat · House · AR72nd–75th
Democrat · Senate · AR76th–77th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
JM

John Elvis Miller

Senator from Arkansas
SENATED1931–19436 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.3%with Democrats
of 520 votes · 18.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 520 · combined
Steepest move+22 pts1939→41, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311941
1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 18 votes100%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 18 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193177th · 1941
Democrat72nd–75th
Democrat76th–77th

Party switchers

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