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John Patton Jr.

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1893–1895ID P000141
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LegislationHEADLINE
2%with Dems
of 219 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
2%with Dems
of 219 · both combined

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 ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.8%with Democrats
of 219 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 13, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1894S. 1481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1481), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 5, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1894H.R. 7977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 18, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 16, 1894H.R. 7969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 16, 1894H.R. 7968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

1 Congresses
53rd · 1893
Republican · Senate · MI53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
JP

John Patton Jr.

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
1.8%with Democrats
of 219 votes · 98.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested2%of 219 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Republican · of 219 votes1.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 219 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Republican53rd–53rd

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