John Inscho Mitchell

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATEREPUBLICAN1877–1887ID M000819

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 1,211 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 1,211 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1877 → 1879

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 ↓18771883

1885–8649th Congress

Sat as a Republican

12.1%with Democrats

of 58 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, +5 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

Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1887H.R. 2441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2441), 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

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1887H.R. 2441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1887S. 3330No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1887H.R. 11020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1887H.R. 38No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1887H.R. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

5 Congresses

45th · 187747th · 188149th · 1885

Republican · House · PA45th–46th

Republican · Senate · PA47th–49th

Term datesexact

John Inscho Mitchell

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATER1877–18875 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.1%with Democrats

of 1,211 votes · 92.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 1,211 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1877→79, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018771885

1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 58 votes12.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187749th · 1885

Republican45th–46th

Republican47th–49th

Party switchers

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