JG
John Wesley Gaines
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1909ID G000007
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 485 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 485 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18971903
1907–0860th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.6%with Democrats
of 117 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +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 3, 1909S. 4441LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1909S. 28LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1909H.Res. 607LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 607), 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 1, 1909S. 4825LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1909H.R. 28376LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1909S. 5729LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.R. 28245LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1909H.Res. 597LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1909H.R. 23464LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 117 contested votes scored in the 60th 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
6 Congresses55th · 189760th · 1907
Democrat · House · TN55th–60th
Term datesexact