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Dorsey William Shackleford

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1919ID S000274
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 852 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 852 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1899190519111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.8%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −13 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
Feb 11, 1919H.R. 15539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 11, 1919H.R. 15539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1919H.R. 15539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15539), 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
Feb 10, 1919H.R. 15539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1919H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 5, 1919H.Res. 13274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1919S. 2116No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 3, 1918H.R. 12917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1918H.R. 9959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

10 Congresses
56th · 189965th · 1917
Democrat · House · MO56th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Dorsey William Shackleford

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1899–191910 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.2%with Democrats
of 852 votes · 6.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 852 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018991917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 53 votes86.8%

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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 · 53 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189965th · 1917
Democrat56th–65th

Party switchers

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