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Adolphus Peter Nelson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1917–1923ID N000029
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 323 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 323 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓1917
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.4%with Democrats
of 178 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +4 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, 1923S.J.Res. 168No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4280), 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
Mar 3, 1923S. 425No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1923H.R. 14435No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1923H.R. 11939No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1923H.R. 14408No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1923H.Res. 507No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

3 Congresses
65th · 191767th · 1921
Republican · House · WI65th–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Adolphus Peter Nelson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1917–19233 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.8%with Democrats
of 323 votes · 84.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 323 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019171921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 178 votes17.4%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

65th · 191767th · 1921
Republican65th–67th

Party switchers

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