John McAuley Palmer

Senator from Illinois

SENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID P000042

LegislationHEADLINE

79%with Dems

of 456 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

79%with Dems

of 456 · both combined

Steepest move

−28 pts

1893 → 1895

still a Democrat

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 ↓1891

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

60.6%with Democrats

of 71 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −28 pts — while still a Democrat.

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, 1897H.R. 9188No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1897H.R. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1185), 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

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Mar 1, 1897H.R. 10336No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10289No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

52nd · 189154th · 1895

Democrat · Senate · IL52nd–54th

Term datesexact

John McAuley Palmer

Senator from Illinois

SENATED1891–18973 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

78.5%with Democrats

of 456 votes · 21.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested79%of 456 · combined

Steepest move−28 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911895

1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 71 votes60.6%

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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 · 71 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189154th · 1895

Democrat52nd–54th

Party switchers

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