JH
John Hemphill
Senator from TexasSENATEDEMOCRAT1859–1863ID H000468
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 344 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 344 · both combined
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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.1%with Democrats
of 344 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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. 522LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 344 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 Congresses36th · 185937th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · TX36th–37th
Term datesexact