JB
John Strode Barbour Jr.
Senator from VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1881–1893ID B000129
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 497 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 497 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1885 → 1889
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 ↓18811887
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.5%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1889, +17 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
May 11, 1892noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 11, 1892noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 10, 1892noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
May 9, 1892H.R. 7023LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 6, 1892noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 4, 1892noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 25, 1892H.R. 6185LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 18, 1892S. 1615LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 14, 1892S. 1615LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
5 Congresses47th · 188151st · 188952nd · 1891
Democrat · House · VA47th–49th
Democrat · Senate · VA51st–52nd
Term datesexact