The Vote Ledger
/
Data through Sep 17, 2026Compare members
The Vote Ledger
JH

James Fred Hastings

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1969–1977ID H000327
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 931 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 931 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1971 → 1973
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 ↓19691975
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.1%with Democrats
of 278 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1971 → 1973, +7 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 19, 1975S. 2718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1975H.R. 9968No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 9771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9771), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 8235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 8235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 8235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 8235No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1975H.R. 5559No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1975H.R. 10979No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 278 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance28% · 107 votes
Energy22.1% · 77 votes
Congress16.9% · 65 votes
Government Operations and Politics17.6% · 34 votes
Transportation and Public Works29.2% · 24 votes
Labor and Employment22.7% · 22 votes
Agriculture and Food15% · 20 votes
International Affairs25% · 20 votes
Taxation0% · 19 votes
Armed Forces and National Security41.2% · 17 votes
Commerce21.4% · 14 votes
District of Columbia38.5% · 13 votes
Law36.4% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9 votes
Health— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Education— · 8 votes
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Environmental Protection— · 7 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4 votes
Mortgages— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 2 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
International economic relations— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Political participation— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Credit— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Right to counsel— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Prices, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

4 Congresses
91st · 196994th · 1975
Republican · House · NY91st–94th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JH

James Fred Hastings

Representative from New York
HOUSER1969–19774 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
21.2%with Democrats
of 931 votes · 78.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested21%of 931 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1971→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019691975
1975–76 · 94th · Republican · of 278 votes19.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 278 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance28% · 107
Energy22.1% · 77
Congress16.9% · 65
Government Operations and Politics17.6% · 34
Transportation and Public Works29.2% · 24
Labor and Employment22.7% · 22
Agriculture and Food15% · 20
International Affairs25% · 20
Taxation0% · 19
Armed Forces and National Security41.2% · 17
Commerce21.4% · 14
District of Columbia38.5% · 13
Law36.4% · 11
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 9
Health— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Education— · 8
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 7
Depletion allowances— · 7
Environmental Protection— · 7
Mines and mineral resources— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 6
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Finance and Financial Sector— · 4
Mortgages— · 4
Public works— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 2
Conferences— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
International economic relations— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Political participation— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Credit— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Right to counsel— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 28 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Child welfare, Citizenship, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Families, Government life insurance, Impeachments, Interest, Leases, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Noise, Prices, Real estate business, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Refugees, Sports and Recreation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers.

Service record

91st · 196994th · 1975
Republican91st–94th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor