JD
John Littleton Dawson
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1867ID D000153
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 769 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 769 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓1863
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.3%with Democrats
of 351 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −7 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
Mar 2, 1867noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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
Mar 2, 1867S. 509LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 603LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 351 contested votes scored in the 39th 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 Congresses38th · 186339th · 1865
Democrat · House · PA38th–39th
Term datesexact