JC
James Ronald Chalmers
Representative from MississippiHOUSEDEMOCRAT→INDEPENDENT1877–1885ID C000272
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 544 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 544 · both combined
Steepest move
−67 pts
1881 → 1883
the label changed
Changed parties
48th
D → I · first Congress under it
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 ↓18771883D→I · 48th
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as an Independent
20%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −67 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5461), 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
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
4 Congresses45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat · House · MS45th–47th
Independent · House · MS48th–48th
Term datesexact