JD
John James Davis
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT→INDEPENDENT1871–1875ID D000119
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 481 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 481 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1871 → 1873
the label changed
Changed parties
43rd
D → I · 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 ↓1871D→I · 43rd
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as an Independent
90.9%with Democrats
of 220 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +1 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 3, 1875S. 1294LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 220 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
2 Congresses42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Democrat · House · WV42nd–42nd
Independent · House · WV43rd–43rd
Term datesexact