JM
James Alexander McDougall
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1867ID M000416
LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 462 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 462 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.5%with Democrats
of 123 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +9 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 2, 1867H.R. 1227LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 859), 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 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 598LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 39th 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 Congresses37th · 186139th · 1865
Democrat · Senate · CA37th–39th
Term datesexact