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James Lawrence Getz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1873ID G000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 1,234 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 1,234 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1867
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81%with Democrats
of 337 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −10 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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 337 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
40th · 186742nd · 1871
Democrat · House · PA40th–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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James Lawrence Getz

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1867–18733 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
87.9%with Democrats
of 1,234 votes · 12.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 1,234 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1869→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 337 votes81%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 337 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871
Democrat40th–42nd

Party switchers

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