JH
James Morrison Harris
Representative from MarylandHOUSEOTHER PARTY1857–1861ID H000244
LegislationHEADLINE
37%with Dems
of 461 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
37%with Dems
of 461 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1857 → 1859
under one label
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
47.1%with Democrats
of 223 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +20 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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 902), 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
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861S. 563LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1010LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 223 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Other party · House · MD35th–36th
Term datesexact