JC
James Way Covert
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1895ID C000814
LegislationHEADLINE
69%with Dems
of 959 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
69%with Dems
of 959 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓187718831889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
68.2%with Democrats
of 110 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −20 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, 1895S. 1009LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8518), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895S. 15LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
5 Congresses45th · 187753rd · 1893
Democrat · House · NY45th–53rd
Term datesexact