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RJ

Robert Emmett Jones Jr.

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1947–1977ID J000248
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 2,170 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 2,170 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1969 → 1971
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 ↓19471953195919651971
1975–7694th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
72.7%with Democrats
of 414 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1969 → 1971, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 10210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 1, 1976S. 2278No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2278), 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 1, 1976H.Res. 1591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 1, 1976H.R. 12572No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976S. 3521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 30, 1976S. 2212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 30, 1976H.R. 13367No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 414 contested votes scored in the 94th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance66.7% · 132 votes
Congress80% · 70 votes
Energy62.7% · 67 votes
Government Operations and Politics72.2% · 54 votes
International Affairs80.6% · 31 votes
Labor and Employment91.7% · 24 votes
Agriculture and Food78.3% · 23 votes
Transportation and Public Works77.3% · 22 votes
Armed Forces and National Security52.4% · 21 votes
Law47.1% · 17 votes
District of Columbia60% · 15 votes
Commerce57.1% · 14 votes
Education66.7% · 12 votes
Mines and mineral resources50% · 12 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Environmental Protection— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9 votes
Taxation— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Depletion allowances— · 7 votes
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 5 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Public works— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Private Legislation— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Mortgages— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Social Welfare— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Industrial relations— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Life insurance— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Real property— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote
Territories (U.S.)— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

15 Congresses
80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat · House · AL80th–94th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
RJ

Robert Emmett Jones Jr.

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1947–197715 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
78.3%with Democrats
of 2,170 votes · 21.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 2,170 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1969→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019471975
1975–76 · 94th · Democrat · of 414 votes72.7%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 414 contested votes scored in the 94th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance66.7% · 132
Congress80% · 70
Energy62.7% · 67
Government Operations and Politics72.2% · 54
International Affairs80.6% · 31
Labor and Employment91.7% · 24
Agriculture and Food78.3% · 23
Transportation and Public Works77.3% · 22
Armed Forces and National Security52.4% · 21
Law47.1% · 17
District of Columbia60% · 15
Commerce57.1% · 14
Education66.7% · 12
Mines and mineral resources50% · 12
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Environmental Protection— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 9
Taxation— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Health— · 8
Depletion allowances— · 7
Finance and Financial Sector— · 7
Science, Technology, Communications— · 6
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 5
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 5
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 5
Housing and Community Development— · 5
Independent regulatory commissions— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Public works— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Private Legislation— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Mortgages— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Social Welfare— · 2
Youth— · 2
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Industrial relations— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Life insurance— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Real property— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rivers— · 1
Territories (U.S.)— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 44 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Awards, medals, prizes, Cemeteries and funerals, Chemicals, Child welfare, Citizenship, Clergy, Congressional oversight, Corporations, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Gold, Government life insurance, Government property, Impeachments, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Minorities, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recreation areas, Right of privacy, Right to counsel, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

80th · 194794th · 1975
Democrat80th–94th

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