HJ
Howell Edmunds Jackson
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1881–1887ID J000014
LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 905 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 905 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.2%with Democrats
of 54 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −13 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 8, 1886S. 10LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 12, 1886noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 10, 1886S. 67LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 67), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Apr 10, 1886S. 67LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 10, 1886S. 67LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1886S. 67LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886S. 67LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886S. 1484LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 54 contested votes scored in the 49th 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 Congresses47th · 188149th · 1885
Democrat · Senate · TN47th–49th
Term datesexact