John Davis Long

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1883–1889ID L000423

LegislationHEADLINE

14%with Dems

of 436 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

14%with Dems

of 436 · both combined

Steepest move

−8 pts

1883 → 1885

still a Republican

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 ↓1883

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

12.1%with Democrats

of 124 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −8 pts — within one party label.

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 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), 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

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Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

3 Congresses

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican · House · MA48th–50th

Term datesexact

John Davis Long

Representative from Massachusetts

HOUSER1883–18893 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

14.2%with Democrats

of 436 votes · 85.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested14%of 436 · combined

Steepest move−8 pts1883→85, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 124 votes12.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887

Republican48th–50th

Party switchers

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