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John William Reid

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1863ID R000149
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LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 24 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 24 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.8%with Democrats
of 24 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
Aug 3, 1861S. 25No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861S. 25No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 25), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Aug 3, 1861S. 44No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1861H.R. 54No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1861S. 25No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1861S. 25No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1861S. 41No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 24 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
37th · 1861
Democrat · House · MO37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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John William Reid

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.8%with Democrats
of 24 votes · 4.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested96%of 24 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 24 votes95.8%

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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 · 24 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Democrat37th–37th

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