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Jesse Johnson Finley

Representative from Florida
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1883ID F000134
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 292 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1877 → 1881
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 ↓18751881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.6%with Democrats
of 89 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1881, −6 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
May 31, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 31, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 30, 1882noneNo 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
May 25, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 23, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 22, 1882noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
May 19, 1882H.R. 4167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 89 contested votes scored in the 47th 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 · 187547th · 1881
Democrat · House · FL44th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
JF

Jesse Johnson Finley

Representative from Florida
HOUSED1875–18833 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.8%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 8.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 292 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1877→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 89 votes87.6%

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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 · 89 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187547th · 1881
Democrat44th–47th

Party switchers

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