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Jeremiah McLain Rusk

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID R000517
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 745 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 745 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1873 → 1875
still a Republican

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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.1%with Democrats
of 176 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −5 pts — within one party label.
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, 1877S. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 949No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877S. 125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 125), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 176 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · House · WI42nd–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
JR

Jeremiah McLain Rusk

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1871–18773 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
7.9%with Democrats
of 745 votes · 92.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 745 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 176 votes5.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 176 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican42nd–44th

Party switchers

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