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James Wheaton Mott

Representative from Oregon
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1947ID M001040
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LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 623 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 623 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓193319391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.4%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, +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
Oct 10, 1945H.R. 3517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1945H.R. 4129No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 4, 1945H.R. 4129No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4129), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Sep 27, 1945H.R. 2948No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1945H.R. 2948No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1945H.Res. 350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1945H.Res. 248No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 24, 1945H.R. 2716No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1945H.R. 1196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
73rd · 193379th · 1945
Republican · House · OR73rd–79th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
JM

James Wheaton Mott

Representative from Oregon
HOUSER1933–19477 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
23.4%with Democrats
of 623 votes · 76.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested23%of 623 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1937→39, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019331945
1945–46 · 79th · Republican · of 28 votes21.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 79th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193379th · 1945
Republican73rd–79th

Party switchers

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