JM
John Franklin Miller
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEREPUBLICAN1881–1887ID M000740
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 798 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 798 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1883 → 1885
still a Republican
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 7 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −13 pts — within one party label.
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
Apr 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 26, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 18, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 17, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 49th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican · Senate · CA47th–49th
Term datesexact