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James Black Groome

Senator from Maryland
SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID G000492
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 926 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 926 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.8%with Democrats
of 174 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −3 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 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8256), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 174 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · MD46th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
JG

James Black Groome

Senator from Maryland
SENATED1879–18853 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
84.9%with Democrats
of 926 votes · 15.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 926 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 174 votes82.8%

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 174 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat46th–48th

Party switchers

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