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Philip Johnson

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1861–1867ID J000168
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 684 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 684 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95%with Democrats
of 139 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −4 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
Jan 26, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1867S. 16No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 16), 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
Jan 25, 1867S.J.Res. 99No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1867H.J.Res. 213No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1867H.R. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1867H.R. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1867H.R. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 22, 1867H.R. 239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 139 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

3 Congresses
37th · 186139th · 1865
Democrat · House · PA37th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
PJ

Philip Johnson

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1861–18673 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.6%with Democrats
of 684 votes · 5.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 684 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1861→63, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018611865
1865–66 · 39th · Democrat · of 139 votes95%

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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 · 139 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865
Democrat37th–39th

Party switchers

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