James Curran Davis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1963ID D000109

LegislationHEADLINE

45%with Dems

of 722 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

45%with Dems

of 722 · both combined

Steepest move

+33 pts

1951 → 1953

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 ↓194719531959

1961–6287th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

29%with Democrats

of 100 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1951 → 1953, +33 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

Oct 6, 1962H.R. 13175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Oct 5, 1962H.Con.Res. 570No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 5, 1962H.R. 7972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7972), 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

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Oct 4, 1962H.R. 4670No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962S. 1123No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Oct 4, 1962H.Res. 803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962S. 1552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 4, 1962H.R. 11970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Oct 3, 1962H.R. 13273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 87th 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

8 Congresses

80th · 194787th · 1961

Democrat · House · GA80th–87th

Term datesexact

James Curran Davis

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1947–19638 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

44.9%with Democrats

of 722 votes · 55.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested45%of 722 · combined

Steepest move+33 pts1951→53, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471961

1961–62 · 87th · Democrat · of 100 votes29%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 87th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

80th · 194787th · 1961

Democrat80th–87th

Party switchers

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