CJ
Charles William Jones
Senator from FloridaSENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1887ID J000214
LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 1,331 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 1,331 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓18751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
66.7%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −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
Feb 21, 1887S. 2636LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 4, 1887S. 2578LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 25, 1886H.R. 67LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 67), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Apr 20, 1886noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 26, 1886noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 11, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
7 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
6 Congresses44th · 187549th · 1885
Democrat · Senate · FL44th–49th
Term datesexact