JS
John Simpkins
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID S000428
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 137 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 137 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −18 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 19, 1898H.R. 9008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1898H.R. 8927LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8656), 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 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 7, 1898H.R. 8656LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1898S. 2323LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
2 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · MA54th–55th
Term datesexact