JB
Jacob Beeson Blair
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1865ID B000525
LegislationHEADLINE
52%with Dems
of 615 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
52%with Dems
of 615 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1861 → 1863
under one label
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
43.6%with Democrats
of 305 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −16 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, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865S. 207LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1865H.R. 795LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 305 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
2 Congresses37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party · House · VA37th–37th
Other party · House · WV38th–38th
Term datesexact