JG
John Brown Gordon
Senator from GeorgiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1897ID G000313
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 978 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 978 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1873187918851891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
64.5%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −30 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, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 27, 1897H.R. 10289LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
7 Congresses43rd · 187354th · 1895
Democrat · Senate · GA43rd–54th
Term datesexact