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James Monroe

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1881ID M000857
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 1,357 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 1,357 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓18711877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.5%with Democrats
of 279 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −12 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, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
42nd · 187146th · 1879
Republican · House · OH42nd–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JM

James Monroe

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1871–18815 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
12.6%with Democrats
of 1,357 votes · 87.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 1,357 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711879
1879–80 · 46th · Republican · of 279 votes7.5%

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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 · 279 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187146th · 1879
Republican42nd–46th

Party switchers

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