JD
James John Davis
Senator from PennsylvaniaSENATEREPUBLICAN1929–1945ID D000111
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 710 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 710 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1933 → 1935
still a Republican
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 ↓192919351941
1943–4478th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.3%with Democrats
of 114 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1933 → 1935, +15 pts — within one party label.
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 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1944noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1944noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1944noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1944H.R. 4911LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 78th 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
8 Congresses71st · 192978th · 1943
Republican · Senate · PA71st–78th
Term datesexact