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James Streshly Jackson

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1863ID J000019
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 45 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 45 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
86.7%with Democrats
of 45 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
Feb 14, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862H.R. 579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 579), 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
Jul 16, 1862S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 15, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 15, 1862H.R. 574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 14, 1862H.R. 574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Other party · House · KY37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
JJ

James Streshly Jackson

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.7%with Democrats
of 45 votes · 13.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 45 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 45 votes86.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Other party37th–37th

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