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John William Rainey
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1925ID R000015
LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 263 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 263 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1921 → 1923
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 ↓19171923
1923–2468th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
50%with Democrats
of 2 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1921 → 1923, −24 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
Jan 9, 1925H.R. 11248LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1924H.R. 10724LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
2 most recent roll calls shown · 2 contested votes scored in the 68th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses65th · 191768th · 1923
Democrat · House · IL65th–68th
Term datesexact