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Joseph Rankin

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1887ID R000057
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 82 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 82 · 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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72%with Democrats
of 82 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 7, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
1 most recent roll calls shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

2 Congresses
48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat · House · WI48th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JR

Joseph Rankin

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSED1883–18872 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Democrats
of 82 votes · 28% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 82 · combined

Career arc

10050018831885
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 82 votes72%

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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.
Latest 1 shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat48th–49th

Party switchers

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