BJ
Benjamin Franklin James
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1949–1959ID J000045
LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 431 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 431 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1949 → 1951
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 ↓19491955
1957–5885th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.5%with Democrats
of 82 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1949 → 1951, +15 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
Aug 23, 1958H.R. 13247LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 21, 1958S. 4036LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 20, 1958H.R. 13450LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13450), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Aug 19, 1958H.Res. 689LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 19, 1958H.Res. 691LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 18, 1958S. 4035LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1958S. 3683LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1958H.Res. 682LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1958H.Res. 686LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 82 contested votes scored in the 85th 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
5 Congresses81st · 194985th · 1957
Republican · House · PA81st–85th
Term datesexact