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James Michael Slattery

Senator from Illinois
SENATEDEMOCRAT1939–1941ID S000478
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 116 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 116 · 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 ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.4%with Democrats
of 116 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
Sep 20, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 19, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10413), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1940H.R. 10361No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 28, 1940S. 4164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
76th · 1939
Democrat · Senate · IL76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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James Michael Slattery

Senator from Illinois
SENATED1939–19411 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.4%with Democrats
of 116 votes · 8.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 116 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Democrat · of 116 votes91.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Democrat76th–76th

Party switchers

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