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James Harry Covington

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1909–1915ID C000816
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 218 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 218 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1909
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 42 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, −6 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
Sep 25, 1914H.R. 18891No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 11, 1914noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 11, 1914H.R. 17042No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17042), 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
Aug 4, 1914H.R. 16053No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 30, 1914S. 4628No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 23, 1914H.R. 17041No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 21, 1914H.R. 17041No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 14, 1914H.R. 15279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1914H.R. 15279No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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

3 Congresses
61st · 190963rd · 1913
Democrat · House · MD61st–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
JC

James Harry Covington

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1909–19153 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.9%with Democrats
of 218 votes · 10.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 218 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1911→13, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019091913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 42 votes83.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 42 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

61st · 190963rd · 1913
Democrat61st–63rd

Party switchers

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