JH
John Hancock
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1885ID H000150
LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 816 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 816 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓187118771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71.7%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −22 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, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), 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
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
4 Congresses42nd · 187148th · 1883
Democrat · House · TX42nd–48th
Term datesexact