John Allen Sterling

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1919ID S000870

LegislationHEADLINE

9%with Dems

of 704 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

9%with Dems

of 704 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1915 → 1917

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 ↓190319091915

1917–1865th Congress

Sat as a Republican

26.3%with Democrats

of 76 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, +14 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

Sep 20, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 17, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 10, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12863), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Sep 7, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 6, 1918H.R. 12863No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1918S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 5, 1918S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Sep 5, 1918S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Sep 4, 1918S. 1419No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 65th 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

7 Congresses

58th · 190365th · 1917

Republican · House · IL58th–65th

Term datesexact

John Allen Sterling

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1903–19197 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.8%with Democrats

of 704 votes · 91.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested9%of 704 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1915→17, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019031917

1917–18 · 65th · Republican · of 76 votes26.3%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

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Latest 6 shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 65th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

58th · 190365th · 1917

Republican58th–65th

Party switchers

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