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Alexander Mitchell

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1875ID M000802
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Dems
of 265 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
60%with Dems
of 265 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1871
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.3%with Democrats
of 98 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +12 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 3, 1875H.R. 2418No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1875H.R. 4745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1875S. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

2 Congresses
42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Democrat · House · WI42nd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Alexander Mitchell

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSED1871–18752 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Democrats
of 265 votes · 40% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested60%of 265 · combined
Steepest move+12 pts1871→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018711873
1873–74 · 43rd · Democrat · of 98 votes67.3%

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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 · 98 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Democrat42nd–43rd

Party switchers

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