JH
John Bussing Haskin
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT→OTHER PARTY1857–1861ID H000321
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 413 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 413 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1857 → 1859
the label changed
Changed parties
36th
D → O · 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 ↓1857D→O · 36th
1859–6036th Congress
Sat under another party label
20.7%with Democrats
of 169 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −3 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 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
Democrat · House · NY35th–35th
Other party · House · NY36th–36th
Term datesexact