JB
James Buchanan
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1893ID B001004
LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 703 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 703 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓18851891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.6%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −9 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, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.Res. 9612LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 9612), 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 1, 1893S. 1312LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1893noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1893noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1893noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1893noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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
4 Congresses49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican · House · NJ49th–52nd
Term datesexact