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Joseph Jonathan Davis

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1881ID D000123
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 671 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 671 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.8%with Democrats
of 230 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −3 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
Feb 21, 1881H.R. 440No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1881H.R. 6730No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Feb 17, 1881H.R. 7026No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1881H.R. 7104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1881H.R. 7104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1881H.R. 7104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 10, 1881H.R. 7104No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 230 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

3 Congresses
44th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat · House · NC44th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
JD

Joseph Jonathan Davis

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1875–18813 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.7%with Democrats
of 671 votes · 6.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 671 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1875→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 230 votes94.8%

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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 · 230 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat44th–46th

Party switchers

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