Joseph Bernard Shannon

Representative from Missouri

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1943ID S000287

LegislationHEADLINE

74%with Dems

of 376 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

74%with Dems

of 376 · both combined

Steepest move

−17 pts

1931 → 1933

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 ↓19311937

1941–4277th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

64%with Democrats

of 25 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1931 → 1933, −17 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 24, 1942H.R. 6446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1942H.R. 5638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1942H.R. 6611No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6611), 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

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Feb 11, 1942H.R. 6483No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 9, 1942H.R. 6548No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jan 29, 1942H.R. 6359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 27, 1942H.R. 6460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 26, 1942H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jan 26, 1942H.R. 5990No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 77th 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

6 Congresses

72nd · 193177th · 1941

Democrat · House · MO72nd–77th

Term datesexact

Joseph Bernard Shannon

Representative from Missouri

HOUSED1931–19436 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

74.5%with Democrats

of 376 votes · 25.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested74%of 376 · combined

Steepest move−17 pts1931→33, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311941

1941–42 · 77th · Democrat · of 25 votes64%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 77th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193177th · 1941

Democrat72nd–77th

Party switchers

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