JH
James Hurd Hughes
Senator from DelawareSENATEDEMOCRAT1937–1943ID H000926
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 301 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 301 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1937 → 1939
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 ↓1937
1941–4277th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.7%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1937 → 1939, −5 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
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1942S.J.Res. 192LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 24, 1942S. 2748LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2748), 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
Oct 10, 1942H.R. 7378LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1942H.R. 7565LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1942S.J.Res. 161LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1942H.R. 7319LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 7181LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 26, 1942H.R. 7181LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 77th 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
3 Congresses75th · 193777th · 1941
Democrat · Senate · DE75th–77th
Term datesexact