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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID C001003
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 530 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 530 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92%with Democrats
of 212 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +7 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
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 27, 1860noneNo 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
Dec 27, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1860H.R. 701No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1860H.R. 866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1860H.R. 866No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 212 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses
35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · AL35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
JC

Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1857–18612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.5%with Democrats
of 530 votes · 12.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 530 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1857→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 212 votes92%

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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 · 212 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat35th–36th

Party switchers

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