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Jacob Le Roy Milligan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1919–1935ID M000766
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 459 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 459 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1931 → 1933
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 ↓191919251931
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.6%with Democrats
of 92 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, +5 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 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 9725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1934H.R. 404No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 404), 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
Jun 15, 1934S. 3645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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

7 Congresses
66th · 191973rd · 1933
Democrat · House · MO66th–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
JM

Jacob Le Roy Milligan

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1919–19357 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.1%with Democrats
of 459 votes · 8.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 459 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019191933
1933–34 · 73rd · Democrat · of 92 votes94.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 92 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

66th · 191973rd · 1933
Democrat66th–73rd

Party switchers

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