JB
James Gillespie Blaine
Senator from MaineSENATEREPUBLICAN1863–1881ID B000519
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,322 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,322 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1877 → 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 ↓186318691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5%with Democrats
of 181 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −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
Feb 23, 1881S. 198LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 1, 1881H.R. 6532LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 19, 1881S. 818LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 181 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
8 Congresses38th · 186345th · 187746th · 1879
Republican · House · ME38th–44th
Republican · Senate · ME45th–46th
Term datesexact