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James Hay

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1917ID H000382
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,069 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,069 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1913 → 1915
still a Democrat

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 ↓1897190319091915
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.8%with Democrats
of 48 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, +11 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
Aug 15, 1916H.R. 15947No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1916noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 16763), 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
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1916H.R. 16763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 1, 1916H.R. 16734No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1916H.R. 11148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1916S. 2986No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1916H.J.Res. 242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

10 Congresses
55th · 189764th · 1915
Democrat · House · VA55th–64th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JH

James Hay

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1897–191710 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
89.8%with Democrats
of 1,069 votes · 10.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 1,069 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1913→15, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971915
1915–16 · 64th · Democrat · of 48 votes95.8%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 48 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189764th · 1915
Democrat55th–64th

Party switchers

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