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John Bassett Alley
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1867ID A000155
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,312 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,312 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18591865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
17.6%with Democrats
of 318 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +13 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 2, 1867noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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
Mar 2, 1867S. 509LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 603LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 865LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 318 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
4 Congresses36th · 185939th · 1865
Republican · House · MA36th–39th
Term datesexact