JB
John Ransom Buck
Representative from ConnecticutHOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1887ID B001018
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 363 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 363 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1881 → 1885
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.1%with Democrats
of 174 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1885, +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
Mar 3, 1887S. 763LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 856), 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
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 174 contested votes scored in the 49th 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 Congresses47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican · House · CT47th–49th
Term datesexact