AJ
Amaziah Bailey James
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1881ID J000044
LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 280 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 280 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1877 → 1879
still a Republican
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 ↓1877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.9%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, +4 pts — within one party label.
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 5, 1881H.R. 6719LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 5, 1880H.R. 5265LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 29, 1880H.R. 5432LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 26, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 25, 1880noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 24, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses45th · 187746th · 1879
Republican · House · NY45th–46th
Term datesexact