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James Thomas Johnston
Representative from IndianaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1889ID J000188
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 310 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 310 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.1%with Democrats
of 137 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −0 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
Mar 2, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), 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
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889S. 2851LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 137 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
2 Congresses49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican · House · IN49th–50th
Term datesexact