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John Whiteaker

Representative from Oregon
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1881ID W000399
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 256 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 256 · 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 ↓1879
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.7%with Democrats
of 256 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
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 182), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1881S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 256 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
46th · 1879
Democrat · House · OR46th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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John Whiteaker

Representative from Oregon
HOUSED1879–18811 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.7%with Democrats
of 256 votes · 11.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 256 · combined

Career arc

10050018791879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 256 votes88.7%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 256 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187946th · 1879
Democrat46th–46th

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