John Taffe

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1873ID T000006

LegislationHEADLINE

23%with Dems

of 1,009 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

23%with Dems

of 1,009 · both combined

Steepest move

−2 pts

1867 → 1869

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 ↓1867

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

22.7%with Democrats

of 273 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −2 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

Mar 3, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), 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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Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1873H.J.Res. 195No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 17, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 17, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 273 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

3 Congresses

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican · House · NE40th–42nd

Term datesexact

John Taffe

Representative from Nebraska

HOUSER1867–18733 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

22.8%with Democrats

of 1,009 votes · 77.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested23%of 1,009 · combined

Steepest move−2 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 273 votes22.7%

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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 · 273 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

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