JB
John Lawson Burnett
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1919ID B001121
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 931 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 931 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1915 → 1917
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 ↓1899190519111917
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.8%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1915 → 1917, −7 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, 1919H.R. 606LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1919noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1919S. 1419LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
10 Congresses56th · 189965th · 1917
Democrat · House · AL56th–65th
Term datesexact