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James Kimbrough Jones

Senator from Arkansas
SENATEDEMOCRAT1881–1903ID J000231
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 1,990 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 1,990 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1881188718931899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83%with Democrats
of 53 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, −14 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 4, 1903H.R. 17243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1903H.R. 3109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17), 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
Feb 27, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1903S. 3517No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1903H.R. 3109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

11 Congresses
47th · 188149th · 188557th · 1901
Democrat · House · AR47th–48th
Democrat · Senate · AR49th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
JJ

James Kimbrough Jones

Senator from Arkansas
SENATED1881–190311 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.7%with Democrats
of 1,990 votes · 7.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 1,990 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1899→01, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 53 votes83%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 53 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188157th · 1901
Democrat47th–48th
Democrat49th–57th

Party switchers

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