JB
John Goff Ballentine
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1887ID B000105
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 254 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 254 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.4%with Democrats
of 108 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −12 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
Feb 24, 1887H.R. 10457LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1887H.R. 10793LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3173), 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
Feb 23, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1887H.R. 10072LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1887noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1887H.R. 1406LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1887S. 1458LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1887S. 10LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 49th 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 Congresses48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat · House · TN48th–49th
Term datesexact