JH
James Harlan
Senator from IowaSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1873ID H000211
LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 2,365 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 2,365 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1867 → 1869
still a Republican
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 ↓185718631869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
23%with Democrats
of 374 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +15 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, 1873H.R. 1872LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873S. 1228LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 3922LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 374 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
8 Congresses35th · 185742nd · 1871
Republican · Senate · IA35th–42nd
Term datesexact