JH
James Hughes
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1859ID H000923
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 291 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 291 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.9%with Democrats
of 291 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 3, 1859S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859S.J.Res. 84LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 892LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 291 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
1 Congresses35th · 1857
Democrat · House · IN35th–35th
Term datesexact