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John Williams Shackelford

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1883ID S000273
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 70 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 70 · 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 ↓1881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.1%with Democrats
of 70 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
Jun 27, 1882H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1882H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 23, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
May 22, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
47th · 1881
Democrat · House · NC47th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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John Williams Shackelford

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1881–18831 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
97.1%with Democrats
of 70 votes · 2.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 70 · combined

Career arc

10050018811881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 70 votes97.1%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188147th · 1881
Democrat47th–47th

Party switchers

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