John Lendrum Mitchell

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1899ID M000821

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 592 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 592 · both combined

Steepest move

−41 pts

1893 → 1895

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 ↓18911897

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.3%with Democrats

of 204 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −41 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, 1899H.R. 12106No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1899S. 5578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5578), 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

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Feb 27, 1899S. 5578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1899S. 5578No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1899H.R. 11795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 204 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

4 Congresses

52nd · 189153rd · 189355th · 1897

Democrat · House · WI52nd–52nd

Democrat · Senate · WI53rd–55th

Term datesexact

John Lendrum Mitchell

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATED1891–18994 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

79.2%with Democrats

of 592 votes · 20.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 592 · combined

Steepest move−41 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911897

1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 204 votes85.3%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 204 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189155th · 1897

Democrat52nd–52nd

Democrat53rd–55th

Party switchers

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