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James Sanford Davenport

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1917ID D000074
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 338 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 338 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓19071913
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95%with Democrats
of 60 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +11 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, 1917H.R. 655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1917S. 706No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 21052), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 21052No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1917H.R. 19119No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917S. 1082No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1917H.Res. 540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

4 Congresses
60th · 190764th · 1915
Democrat · House · OK60th–64th
Term datesexact
Members · Oklahoma
JD

James Sanford Davenport

Representative from Oklahoma
HOUSED1907–19174 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.1%with Democrats
of 338 votes · 10.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 338 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071915
1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 60 votes95%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 60 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190764th · 1915
Democrat60th–64th

Party switchers

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