James Henderson Blount

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1893ID B000568

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 2,020 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 2,020 · both combined

Steepest move

−8 pts

1877 → 1879

still a Democrat

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 ↓1873187918851891

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90.9%with Democrats

of 110 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −8 pts — while still a Democrat.

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, 1893H.R. 10258No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10238), 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

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Mar 1, 1893S. 1312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1893S. 2566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1893H.R. 9350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

10 Congresses

43rd · 187352nd · 1891

Democrat · House · GA43rd–52nd

Term datesexact

James Henderson Blount

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1873–189310 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.6%with Democrats

of 2,020 votes · 9.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 2,020 · combined

Steepest move−8 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731891

1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 110 votes90.9%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187352nd · 1891

Democrat43rd–52nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th