JG
Joseph Holt Gaines
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1901–1911ID G000008
LegislationHEADLINE
5%with Dems
of 457 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
5%with Dems
of 457 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1901 → 1903
still a Republican
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 ↓19011907
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.2%with Democrats
of 116 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1901 → 1903, −11 pts — within one party label.
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 4, 1911H.Res. 1008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 4, 1911H.R. 32957LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1911S. 5843LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5843), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1911S. 10456LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1911H.R. 32957LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1911H.R. 32080LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1911noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1911H.R. 28436LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1911noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 61st 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
5 Congresses57th · 190161st · 1909
Republican · House · WV57th–61st
Term datesexact