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James O'Donnell

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1893ID O000039
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 672 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 672 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓18851891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.8%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, −11 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, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 7028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7028), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.J.Res. 196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican · House · MI49th–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JO

James O'Donnell

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1885–18934 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.8%with Democrats
of 672 votes · 90.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 672 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1887→89, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851891
1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 87 votes13.8%

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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 · 87 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican49th–52nd

Party switchers

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