John Thomas Harris

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT1859–1881ID H000247

LegislationHEADLINE

90%with Dems

of 1,583 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

90%with Dems

of 1,583 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1873 → 1875

still a Democrat

Changed parties

42nd

I → D · 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 ↓1859186518711877I→D · 42nd

1879–8046th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

90%with Democrats

of 241 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, +5 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, 1881S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1881S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7255), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 241 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

6 Congresses

36th · 185942nd · 187146th · 1879

Independent · House · VA36th–36th

Democrat · House · VA42nd–46th

Term datesexact

John Thomas Harris

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEI→D1859–18816 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

90.1%with Democrats

of 1,583 votes · 9.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested90%of 1,583 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Changed parties42ndI→D

Career arc

100500I→D18591879

1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 241 votes90%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 241 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185946th · 1879

Independent36th–36th

Democrat42nd–46th

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