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James Augustus Johnson

Representative from California
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1871ID J000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 740 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 740 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.2%with Democrats
of 356 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −12 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
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 647), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1871S. 969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871S. 892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 356 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

2 Congresses
40th · 186741st · 1869
Democrat · House · CA40th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · California
JJ

James Augustus Johnson

Representative from California
HOUSED1867–18712 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
83.4%with Democrats
of 740 votes · 16.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 740 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1867→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 356 votes77.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 356 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186741st · 1869
Democrat40th–41st

Party switchers

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