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John Sebastian Little

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1907ID L000352
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 515 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 515 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓189318991905
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 5 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +7 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
Dec 14, 1906H.R. 21574No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 6, 1906H.R. 5281No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 15, 1906H.R. 18442No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 18442), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 8, 1906H.R. 18750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 7, 1906H.R. 17984No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1906H.R. 18750No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1906H.R. 18537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 16, 1906noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1905H.Res. 32No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

7 Congresses
53rd · 189359th · 1905
Democrat · House · AR53rd–59th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
JL

John Sebastian Little

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1893–19077 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95.3%with Democrats
of 515 votes · 4.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 515 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931905
1905–06 · 59th · Democrat · of 5 votes100%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 5 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189359th · 1905
Democrat53rd–59th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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