Jehu Baker

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1865–1899ID B000066

LegislationHEADLINE

37%with Dems

of 1,183 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

37%with Dems

of 1,183 · both combined

Steepest move

+56 pts

1887 → 1897

the label changed

Changed parties

55th

R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓186518711877188318891895R→D · 55th

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

84.1%with Democrats

of 132 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1887 → 1897, +56 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11882), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

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Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1899S. 460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

4 Congresses

39th · 186555th · 1897

Republican · House · IL39th–50th

Democrat · House · IL55th–55th

Term datesexact

Jehu Baker

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER→D1865–18994 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

37.4%with Democrats

of 1,183 votes · 62.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested37%of 1,183 · combined

Steepest move+56 pts1887→97, as a Democrat

Changed parties55thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D18651897

1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 132 votes84.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186555th · 1897

Republican39th–50th

Democrat55th–55th

Other party switchers

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