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John Mandt Nelson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1905–1933ID N000039
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LegislationHEADLINE
40%with Dems
of 1,064 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
40%with Dems
of 1,064 · both combined
Steepest move
−34 pts
1909 → 1911
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 ↓19051911191719231929
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
59.2%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1909 → 1911, −34 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
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14363), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1933S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 13, 1933H.R. 8557No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1933H.R. 9921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1933H.R. 14458No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 72nd 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

13 Congresses
59th · 190572nd · 1931
Republican · House · WI59th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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John Mandt Nelson

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1905–193313 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
39.8%with Democrats
of 1,064 votes · 60.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested40%of 1,064 · combined
Steepest move−34 pts1909→11, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019051931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 49 votes59.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190572nd · 1931
Republican59th–72nd

Party switchers

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