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James King Gibson

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1869–1871ID G000162
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 189 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 189 · both combined

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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat under another party label
79.9%with Democrats
of 189 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 25, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3064), 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
Feb 24, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 189 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

1 Congresses
41st · 1869
Other party · House · VA41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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James King Gibson

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO1869–18711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.9%with Democrats
of 189 votes · 20.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 189 · combined

Career arc

10050018691869
1869–70 · 41st · Other party · of 189 votes79.9%

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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 · 189 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186941st · 1869
Other party41st–41st

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