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John Peter Cleaver Shanks
Representative from IndianaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1875ID S000284
LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 1,738 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 1,738 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓186118671873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.8%with Democrats
of 283 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +13 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, 1875H.R. 3341LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875S. 1294LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 2418LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2418), 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, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 3621LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 283 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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 Congresses37th · 186143rd · 1873
Republican · House · IN37th–43rd
Term datesexact