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HJ

Hinton James

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1929–1931ID J000050
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 15 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 15 · 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 ↓1929
1929–3071st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.3%with Democrats
of 15 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
Mar 3, 1931S. 6255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1931S. 6046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1931S. 4586No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 4586), 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
Feb 28, 1931H.R. 12918No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1931H.R. 17054No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1931H.R. 16982No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1931S.J.Res. 3No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1931H.J.Res. 292No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 71st 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
71st · 1929
Democrat · House · NC71st–71st
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
HJ

Hinton James

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1929–19311 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.3%with Democrats
of 15 votes · 6.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 15 · combined

Career arc

10050019291929
1929–30 · 71st · Democrat · of 15 votes93.3%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 71st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

71st · 192971st · 1929
Democrat71st–71st

Party switchers

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