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Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1937–1949ID J000058
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 468 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 468 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓19371943
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.5%with Democrats
of 63 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, +10 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
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 711No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 7, 1948H.Res. 709No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 157), 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
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

6 Congresses
75th · 193780th · 1947
Democrat · House · AL75th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
PJ

Peterson Bryant (Pete) Jarman

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1937–19496 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Democrats
of 468 votes · 12% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 468 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1945→47, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019371947
1947–48 · 80th · Democrat · of 63 votes90.5%

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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 · 63 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

75th · 193780th · 1947
Democrat75th–80th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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