JM
James Murray Mason
Senator from VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID M000216
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 725 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 725 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 12 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +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 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 16, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 14, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 14, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 14, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 14, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 12 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · VA35th–37th
Term datesyears only to 1845 · exact from 1837