JB
James Paul Buchanan
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1913–1939ID B001006
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 1,145 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 1,145 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1935 → 1937
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 ↓19131919192519311937
1937–3875th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1935 → 1937, +20 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
Feb 9, 1937H.J.Res. 96LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1937H.J.Res. 96LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1937H.R. 3587LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3587), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 8, 1937H.R. 3587LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1937H.R. 1531LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 28, 1937H.R. 1531LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1937S. 416LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1937S.J.Res. 3LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 5, 1937noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 75th 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
13 Congresses63rd · 191375th · 1937
Democrat · House · TX63rd–75th
Term datesexact