JJ
John Marvin Jones
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1941ID J000236
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 1,189 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 1,189 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1919 → 1921
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 ↓1917192319291935
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.9%with Democrats
of 138 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1919 → 1921, +18 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
Nov 19, 1940H.Con.Res. 93LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 19, 1940H.R. 960LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1940H.R. 7179LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7179), 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
Oct 9, 1940S. 4374LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940S. 4164LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 14, 1940H.R. 10361LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 7, 1940H.R. 10132LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 contested votes scored in the 76th 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
12 Congresses65th · 191776th · 1939
Democrat · House · TX65th–76th
Term datesexact