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James Oliver Eastland

Senator from Mississippi
SENATEDEMOCRAT1941–1979ID E000018
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LegislationHEADLINE
42%with Dems
of 3,617 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
42%with Dems
of 3,617 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1957 → 1959
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 ↓1941194719531959196519711977
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
29.5%with Democrats
of 387 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1957 → 1959, −25 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 50), 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
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 13, 1978H.R. 12931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 12, 1978H.R. 5285No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 387 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance25.7% · 140 votes
Government Operations and Politics27.6% · 116 votes
Energy17% · 94 votes
Armed Forces and National Security24.2% · 66 votes
Taxation30.4% · 56 votes
Law9.4% · 53 votes
International Affairs26.9% · 52 votes
Agriculture and Food19.1% · 47 votes
Congress36.8% · 38 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance50% · 34 votes
Animals0% · 30 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources33.3% · 30 votes
Labor and Employment35.7% · 28 votes
Depletion allowances34.8% · 23 votes
Commerce13.6% · 22 votes
Income tax61.1% · 18 votes
Social Welfare33.3% · 18 votes
Environmental Protection35.3% · 17 votes
Transportation and Public Works58.8% · 17 votes
Education6.3% · 16 votes
Power resources37.5% · 16 votes
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement14.3% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 14 votes
Health33.3% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Age and employment— · 6 votes
Automobile insurance— · 6 votes
Economic stabilization— · 6 votes
Amnesties— · 5 votes
Embargo— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Industrial relations— · 5 votes
Public works— · 5 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 5 votes
Solar heating and cooling— · 5 votes
Credit— · 4 votes
Intergovernmental relations— · 4 votes
Mortgages— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 4 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 3 votes
Day care— · 3 votes
Range management— · 3 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 3 votes
District of Columbia— · 2 votes
Government publications— · 2 votes
International monetary system— · 2 votes
Private Legislation— · 2 votes
Sports and Recreation— · 2 votes
Conservation of natural resources— · 1 vote
Disaster relief— · 1 vote
Federal advisory bodies— · 1 vote
Government securities— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1 vote
Mines and mineral resources— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Political participation— · 1 vote
Ships and shipping— · 1 vote
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1 vote

They also voted in 51 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Black lung, Child abuse, Child welfare, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Dairy industry, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Heating, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Lobbying, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Political representation, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

19 Congresses
77th · 194195th · 1977
Democrat · Senate · MS77th–95th
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
JE

James Oliver Eastland

Senator from Mississippi
SENATED1941–197919 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
41.6%with Democrats
of 3,617 votes · 58.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested42%of 3,617 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1957→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019411977
1977–78 · 95th · Democrat · of 387 votes29.5%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 387 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance25.7% · 140
Government Operations and Politics27.6% · 116
Energy17% · 94
Armed Forces and National Security24.2% · 66
Taxation30.4% · 56
Law9.4% · 53
International Affairs26.9% · 52
Agriculture and Food19.1% · 47
Congress36.8% · 38
Foreign Trade and International Finance50% · 34
Animals0% · 30
Public Lands and Natural Resources33.3% · 30
Labor and Employment35.7% · 28
Depletion allowances34.8% · 23
Commerce13.6% · 22
Income tax61.1% · 18
Social Welfare33.3% · 18
Environmental Protection35.3% · 17
Transportation and Public Works58.8% · 17
Education6.3% · 16
Power resources37.5% · 16
Independent regulatory commissions0% · 15
Crime and Law Enforcement14.3% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector50% · 14
Health33.3% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Age and employment— · 6
Automobile insurance— · 6
Economic stabilization— · 6
Amnesties— · 5
Embargo— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Industrial relations— · 5
Public works— · 5
Science, Technology, Communications— · 5
Solar heating and cooling— · 5
Credit— · 4
Intergovernmental relations— · 4
Mortgages— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 4
Constitutional amendments— · 3
Day care— · 3
Range management— · 3
Territories (U.S.)— · 3
District of Columbia— · 2
Government publications— · 2
International monetary system— · 2
Private Legislation— · 2
Sports and Recreation— · 2
Conservation of natural resources— · 1
Disaster relief— · 1
Federal advisory bodies— · 1
Government securities— · 1
Intergovernmental fiscal relations— · 1
Mines and mineral resources— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Political participation— · 1
Ships and shipping— · 1
Vietnamese Conflict— · 1

Also voted in 51 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Arts, Culture, Religion, Auditing, Awards, medals, prizes, Black lung, Child abuse, Child welfare, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Commemorations, Congressional oversight, Congressional-executive relations, Dairy industry, Disabled, Droughts, Electronic surveillance, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Explosives, Gambling, Gold, Government corporations, Heating, Home repair and improvement, Human experimentation in medicine, Immigration, Import restrictions, Interest, Investment guaranty insurance, Lakes, Land use, Lead poisoning, Livestock, Lobbying, Medical supplies, Mobile homes, Monuments and memorials, Municipal finance, Native Americans, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Political representation, Postal rates and revenues, Postal service, Reclamation of land, Refugees, Revenue sharing, Right of privacy, Rivers, Salaries, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Water Resources Development.

Service record

77th · 194195th · 1977
Democrat77th–95th

Party switchers

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