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Jouett Shouse

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1915–1919ID S000384
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LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 154 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 154 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75.3%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +4 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
Mar 3, 1919noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.Res. 541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 541), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1919H.R. 13274No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1919H.R. 15796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1919H.R. 13308No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 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

2 Congresses
64th · 191565th · 1917
Democrat · House · KS64th–65th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Jouett Shouse

Representative from Kansas
HOUSED1915–19192 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
73.4%with Democrats
of 154 votes · 26.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested73%of 154 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1915→17, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019151917
1917–18 · 65th · Democrat · of 81 votes75.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191565th · 1917
Democrat64th–65th

Party switchers

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