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John M. C. Smith

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1923ID S000573
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 656 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 656 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓19111917
1921–2267th Congress
Sat as a Republican
4.5%with Democrats
of 112 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, −11 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
Jan 23, 1923H.J.Res. 314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12817), 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
Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1922H.R. 12377No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 20, 1922H.R. 10874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 15, 1922H.R. 7456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 1, 1922H.R. 12493No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 31, 1922H.R. 12472No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

6 Congresses
62nd · 191167th · 1921
Republican · House · MI62nd–67th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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John M. C. Smith

Representative from Michigan
HOUSER1911–19236 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.3%with Democrats
of 656 votes · 86.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 656 · combined
Steepest move−11 pts1919→21, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019111921
1921–22 · 67th · Republican · of 112 votes4.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191167th · 1921
Republican62nd–67th

Party switchers

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