JF
James Thompson Farley
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID F000020
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 918 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 918 · both combined
Steepest move
−1 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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.3%with Democrats
of 103 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −1 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
Jan 29, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 4, 1884S. 468LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 4, 1884H.R. 103LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 103), 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
Jul 4, 1884H.R. 103LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 4, 1884S. 2022LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 4, 1884H.R. 103LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1884H.R. 1798LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 3, 1884H.R. 1015LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1884H.R. 7380LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 103 contested votes scored in the 48th 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 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · CA46th–48th
Term datesexact