James Tracy Hale

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSEREPUBLICAN→INDEPENDENT1859–1865ID H000032

LegislationHEADLINE

31%with Dems

of 873 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

31%with Dems

of 873 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1859 → 1861

still a Republican

Changed parties

38th

R → I · first Congress under it

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 ↓1859R→I · 38th

1863–6438th Congress

Sat as an Independent

44%with Democrats

of 316 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +14 pts — within one party label.

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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1865S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 207), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 316 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

36th · 185938th · 1863

Republican · House · PA36th–37th

Independent · House · PA38th–38th

Term datesexact

James Tracy Hale

Representative from Pennsylvania

HOUSER→I1859–18653 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

30.6%with Democrats

of 873 votes · 69.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested31%of 873 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Changed parties38thR→I

Career arc

100500R→I18591863

1863–64 · 38th · Independent · of 316 votes44%

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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 · 316 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185938th · 1863

Republican36th–37th

Independent38th–38th

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