JA
James Lindsay Almond Jr.
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1945–1949ID A000163
LegislationHEADLINE
57%with Dems
of 90 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
57%with Dems
of 90 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
59.6%with Democrats
of 47 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +6 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
Apr 15, 1948H.R. 6226LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 14, 1948H.R. 5052LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 2, 1948H.R. 5888LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5888), 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
Apr 2, 1948S. 2202LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 2, 1948H.R. 4790LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 1, 1948H.R. 6055LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 1, 1948H.R. 6055LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1948S. 2202LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1948S. 2182LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 47 contested votes scored in the 80th 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
2 Congresses79th · 194580th · 1947
Democrat · House · VA79th–80th
Term datesexact