JJ
James Taylor Jones
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1889ID J000233
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 556 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 556 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1877 → 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 ↓18771883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.8%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1883, −6 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 22, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1889S. 3423LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9051), 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
Feb 22, 1889H.R. 9051LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1889S. 139LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1889S. 139LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1889S. 139LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 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
4 Congresses45th · 187750th · 1887
Democrat · House · AL45th–50th
Term datesexact