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Joseph James Russell
Representative from MissouriHOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1919ID R000533
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 635 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 635 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓19071913
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.9%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +8 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
Sep 24, 1918noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 20, 1918H.R. 12863LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 7, 1918H.R. 12863LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12863), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 6, 1918H.R. 12863LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 27, 1918noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1918noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1918H.R. 7237LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1918H.R. 7237LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1918H.R. 9959LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
5 Congresses60th · 190765th · 1917
Democrat · House · MO60th–65th
Term datesexact