JL
James Madison Leach
Representative from North CarolinaHOUSEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1859–1875ID L000170
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 773 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 773 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1871 → 1873
still a Democrat
Changed parties
42nd
O → D · first Congress under it
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 ↓185918651871O→D · 42nd
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.2%with Democrats
of 223 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +10 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 3, 1875H.R. 3341LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 435LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875H.R. 3821LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 223 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
3 Congresses36th · 185942nd · 187143rd · 1873
Other party · House · NC36th–36th
Democrat · House · NC42nd–43rd
Term datesexact