JA
James Lusk Alcorn
Senator from MississippiSENATEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID A000079
LegislationHEADLINE
59%with Dems
of 520 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
59%with Dems
of 520 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
44.7%with Democrats
of 94 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −12 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, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 58), 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
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 2952LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877S. 1267LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4187LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 94 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
3 Congresses42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · Senate · MS42nd–44th
Term datesexact