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James Hamilton Goss

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1869ID G000335
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 138 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 138 · 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 ↓1867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.3%with Democrats
of 138 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, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
40th · 1867
Republican · House · SC40th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · South Carolina
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James Hamilton Goss

Representative from South Carolina
HOUSER1867–18691 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
20.3%with Democrats
of 138 votes · 79.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 138 · combined

Career arc

10050018671867
1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 138 votes20.3%

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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 · 138 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186740th · 1867
Republican40th–40th

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