JF
James Graham Fair
Senator from NevadaSENATEDEMOCRAT1881–1887ID F000002
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 343 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 343 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.1%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −11 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 3, 1887H.R. 11234LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11234), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 2441LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 2441LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 1162LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 531LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
3 Congresses47th · 188149th · 1885
Democrat · Senate · NV47th–49th
Term datesexact