James Donald Cameron

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATEREPUBLICAN1877–1897ID C000065

LegislationHEADLINE

17%with Dems

of 1,695 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

17%with Dems

of 1,695 · both combined

Steepest move

+24 pts

1889 → 1891

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 ↓1877188318891895

1895–9654th Congress

Sat as a Republican

33.3%with Democrats

of 39 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +24 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

Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1897S.J.Res. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1897S. 3690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3690), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 20, 1897H.R. 1002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1897H.R. 1002No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 54th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

10 Congresses

45th · 187754th · 1895

Republican · Senate · PA45th–54th

Term datesexact

James Donald Cameron

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATER1877–189710 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

16.8%with Democrats

of 1,695 votes · 83.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested17%of 1,695 · combined

Steepest move+24 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018771895

1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 39 votes33.3%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 39 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

45th · 187754th · 1895

Republican45th–54th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th