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Jessie Sumner
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1939–1947ID S001071
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 383 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 383 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1943 → 1945
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 ↓19391945
1945–4679th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.2%with Democrats
of 91 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1943 → 1945, −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
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 1362LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1946H.J.Res. 225LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 27, 1946H.R. 4502LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4502), 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
Jul 26, 1946H.R. 6917LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1946H.R. 5924LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1946H.J.Res. 371LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 20, 1946S. 1717LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 91 contested votes scored in the 79th 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
4 Congresses76th · 193979th · 1945
Republican · House · IL76th–79th
Term datesexact