JJ
James Jackson
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID J000016
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 537 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 537 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.8%with Democrats
of 186 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +3 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
Jan 3, 1861H.R. 335LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 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
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 186 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 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · GA35th–36th
Term datesexact