JB
James Burns Belford
Representative from ColoradoHOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1885ID B000326
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 381 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 381 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1875 → 1879
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 ↓18751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
26.9%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1879, +23 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, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
4 Congresses44th · 187548th · 1883
Republican · House · CO44th–48th
Term datesexact