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James Bell

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1859ID B000337
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LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 8 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 8 · both combined

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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 8 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 13, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 13, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Mar 13, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 12, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 12, 1857noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 8 contested votes scored in the 35th 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

1 Congresses
35th · 1857
Republican · Senate · NH35th–35th
Term datesexact
Members · New Hampshire
JB

James Bell

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATER1857–18591 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.5%with Democrats
of 8 votes · 87.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested13%of 8 · combined

Career arc

10050018571857
1857–58 · 35th · Republican · of 8 votes12.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 8 contested votes scored in the 35th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185735th · 1857
Republican35th–35th

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