JB
James Jerome Belden
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1887–1899ID B000325
LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 487 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 487 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓18871893
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
2.4%with Democrats
of 42 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +10 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 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 259), 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
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1898S. 4168LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1898H.Res. 310LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 27, 1898S. 1424LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 26, 1898H.R. 10378LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 29, 1898H.R. 10100LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 55th 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 Congresses50th · 188755th · 1897
Republican · House · NY50th–55th
Term datesexact