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Joseph (Jo) Abbott
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1897ID A000005
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 793 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 793 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1889 → 1891
still a Democrat
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 ↓18871893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.9%with Democrats
of 70 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −10 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1897H.R. 7864LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 7422LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7422), 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
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1897S. 3307LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
5 Congresses50th · 188754th · 1895
Democrat · House · TX50th–54th
Term datesexact