JB
John Junior Bell
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1957ID B000342
LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 44 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 44 · 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 ↓1955
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75%with Democrats
of 44 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
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 618), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 23, 1956S. 1644LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1956H.R. 627LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 19, 1956noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 11, 1956H.R. 12130LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 44 contested votes scored in the 84th 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
1 Congresses84th · 1955
Democrat · House · TX84th–84th
Term datesexact