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James Mitchell Ashley

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1869ID A000314
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 1,648 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 1,648 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1865 → 1867
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
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.4%with Democrats
of 362 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +8 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, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 476No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1744), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1869S. 440No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

5 Congresses
36th · 185940th · 1867
Republican · House · OH36th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JA

James Mitchell Ashley

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1859–18695 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.5%with Democrats
of 1,648 votes · 90.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 1,648 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591867
1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 362 votes14.4%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185940th · 1867
Republican36th–40th

Party switchers

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