JG
James Lisle Gillis
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1859ID G000209
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 252 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 252 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77%with Democrats
of 252 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
Mar 3, 1859S. 577LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 713), 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
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 713LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 252 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
1 Congresses35th · 1857
Democrat · House · PA35th–35th
Term datesexact