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Joseph Simon

Senator from Oregon
SENATEREPUBLICAN1897–1903ID S000422
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 163 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 163 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.8%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −4 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 4, 1903H.R. 17243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 3109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1903S. 7301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7301), 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
Feb 28, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903S. 7301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1903S. 3517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

3 Congresses
55th · 189757th · 1901
Republican · Senate · OR55th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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Joseph Simon

Senator from Oregon
SENATER1897–19033 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.4%with Democrats
of 163 votes · 89.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 163 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1897→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971901
1901–02 · 57th · Republican · of 51 votes7.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189757th · 1901
Republican55th–57th

Party switchers

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