JC
James Sproull Cothran
Representative from South CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1891ID C000798
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 304 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 304 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.9%with Democrats
of 183 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +9 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 2, 1891S. 4212LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13069LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 1813LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1813), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1891H.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 5110LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1891H.R. 10881LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1891H.R. 13069LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 183 contested votes scored in the 51st 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 Congresses50th · 188751st · 1889
Democrat · House · SC50th–51st
Term datesexact