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John Givan Davis

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT→OTHER PARTY1857–1861ID D000118
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Dems
of 664 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
60%with Dems
of 664 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1857 → 1859
the label changed
Changed parties
36th
D → O · 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 ↓1857D→O · 36th
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
67.4%with Democrats
of 298 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +14 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 865), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 298 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 · IN35th–35th
Other party · House · IN36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
JD

John Givan Davis

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED→O1857–18612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
59.9%with Democrats
of 664 votes · 40.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested60%of 664 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1857→59, under another label
Changed parties36thD→O

Career arc

100500D→O18571859
1859–60 · 36th · Other party · of 298 votes67.4%

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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 · 298 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–35th
Other party36th–36th

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