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Joseph John Martin

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1879–1881ID M000190
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LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 130 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 130 · both combined

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 ↓1879
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.2%with Democrats
of 130 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jan 27, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 26, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1881H.R. 6972No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1881H.R. 6969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 19, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1881H.R. 3981No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

1 Congresses
46th · 1879
Republican · House · NC46th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
JM

Joseph John Martin

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSER1879–18811 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.2%with Democrats
of 130 votes · 80.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested19%of 130 · combined

Career arc

10050018791879
1879–80 · 46th · Republican · of 130 votes19.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 130 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187946th · 1879
Republican46th–46th

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