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John Gilbert Shaw

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1895–1897ID S000309
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Dems
of 15 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
100%with Dems
of 15 · 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 ↓1895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 15 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
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1896H.R. 4354No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 385), 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
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 4, 1896H.Res. 326No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 2, 1896H.R. 7977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 22, 1896H.R. 7977No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 8, 1896H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 8, 1896H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
54th · 1895
Democrat · House · NC54th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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John Gilbert Shaw

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1895–18971 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
100%with Democrats
of 15 votes · 0% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested100%of 15 · combined

Career arc

10050018951895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 15 votes100%

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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 · 15 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189554th · 1895
Democrat54th–54th

Party switchers

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