Jordan Edgar Cravens

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1877–1883ID C000885

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 794 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 794 · both combined

Steepest move

−2 pts

1877 → 1879

the label changed

Changed parties

46th

I → D · 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 ↓1877I→D · 46th

1881–8247th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.7%with Democrats

of 203 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −2 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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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

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Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

45th · 187746th · 187947th · 1881

Independent · House · AR45th–45th

Democrat · House · AR46th–47th

Term datesexact

Jordan Edgar Cravens

Representative from Arkansas

HOUSEI→D1877–18833 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.2%with Democrats

of 794 votes · 10.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 794 · combined

Steepest move−2 pts1877→79, as a Democrat

Changed parties46thI→D

Career arc

100500I→D18771881

1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 203 votes88.7%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187747th · 1881

Independent45th–45th

Democrat46th–47th

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