JC
James Addison Cravens
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1865ID C000883
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 612 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 612 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.6%with Democrats
of 299 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +5 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 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865S. 62LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 299 contested votes scored in the 38th 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 Congresses37th · 186138th · 1863
Democrat · House · IN37th–38th
Term datesexact