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JH

James Andrew Haley

Representative from Florida
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1977ID H000041
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Dems
of 2,089 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
28%with Dems
of 2,089 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓1953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
33.1%with Democrats
of 519 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +17 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Oct 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 14232No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 519 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance25.8% · 163 votes
Congress47.9% · 94 votes
Energy38.1% · 84 votes
Government Operations and Politics32.8% · 64 votes
International Affairs5.7% · 35 votes
Agriculture and Food37% · 27 votes
Armed Forces and National Security48.1% · 27 votes
Labor and Employment23.1% · 26 votes
Transportation and Public Works26.9% · 26 votes
Taxation45.5% · 22 votes
Law0% · 17 votes
Commerce25% · 16 votes
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement41.7% · 12 votes
District of Columbia16.7% · 12 votes
Education41.7% · 12 votes
Health33.3% · 12 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources45.5% · 11 votes
Environmental Protection30% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Social Welfare— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Political participation— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Lobbying— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Petroleum industry— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

12 Congresses
83rd · 195394th · 1975
Democrat · House · FL83rd–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
JH

James Andrew Haley

Representative from Florida
HOUSED1953–197712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
28.3%with Democrats
of 2,089 votes · 71.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested28%of 2,089 · combined
Steepest move+17 pts1971→73, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 519 votes33.1%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. 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 · 519 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance25.8% · 163
Congress47.9% · 94
Energy38.1% · 84
Government Operations and Politics32.8% · 64
International Affairs5.7% · 35
Agriculture and Food37% · 27
Armed Forces and National Security48.1% · 27
Labor and Employment23.1% · 26
Transportation and Public Works26.9% · 26
Taxation45.5% · 22
Law0% · 17
Commerce25% · 16
Mines and mineral resources92.9% · 14
Crime and Law Enforcement41.7% · 12
District of Columbia16.7% · 12
Education41.7% · 12
Health33.3% · 12
Public Lands and Natural Resources45.5% · 11
Environmental Protection30% · 10
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Finance and Financial Sector— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Housing and Community Development— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Independent regulatory commissions— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Social Welfare— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Political participation— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Youth— · 2
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Lobbying— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Petroleum industry— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 39 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

83rd · 195394th · 1975
Democrat83rd–94th

Party switchers

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