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Joseph Bailey

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID B000043
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LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 725 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 725 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
54.6%with Democrats
of 370 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −24 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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865S. 62No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 370 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

2 Congresses
37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat · House · PA37th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JB

Joseph Bailey

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1861–18652 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
66.3%with Democrats
of 725 votes · 33.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested66%of 725 · combined
Steepest move−24 pts1861→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Democrat · of 370 votes54.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 370 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat37th–38th

Party switchers

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