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James Simpson Jr.

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1933–1935ID S000431
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 83 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 83 · 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 ↓1933
1933–3473rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.4%with Democrats
of 83 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
Jun 16, 1934S.J.Res. 131No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1934S. 3645No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1934S. 3530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3530), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jun 14, 1934H.R. 400No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 11, 1934H.R. 9459No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 9391No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1934H.R. 392No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1934S. 9690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1934H.R. 410No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 73rd 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
73rd · 1933
Republican · House · IL73rd–73rd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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James Simpson Jr.

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1933–19351 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
8.4%with Democrats
of 83 votes · 91.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 83 · combined

Career arc

10050019331933
1933–34 · 73rd · Republican · of 83 votes8.4%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 83 contested votes scored in the 73rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

73rd · 193373rd · 1933
Republican73rd–73rd

Party switchers

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