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John James Jones

Representative from Georgia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1861ID J000235
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 243 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 243 · both combined

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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93%with Democrats
of 243 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 14, 1861H.R. 860No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1861H.R. 914No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1861H.R. 895No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 895), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 10, 1861H.R. 917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861H.R. 917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 9, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 243 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

1 Congresses
36th · 1859
Democrat · House · GA36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Georgia
JJ

John James Jones

Representative from Georgia
HOUSED1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Democrats
of 243 votes · 7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 243 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 243 votes93%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 243 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Democrat36th–36th

Party switchers

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