JB
James Nelson Burnes
Representative from MissouriHOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1889ID B001116
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 322 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 322 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.5%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −6 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
Jan 22, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1889H.R. 10406LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1889H.R. 10614LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10614), 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
Jan 21, 1889H.R. 12308LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 18, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1889H.R. 12133LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1889H.R. 12131LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
3 Congresses48th · 188350th · 1887
Democrat · House · MO48th–50th
Term datesexact