JM
James Foster McDowell
Representative from IndianaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1865ID M000420
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 277 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 277 · 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 ↓1863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.9%with Democrats
of 277 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
Feb 27, 1865H.R. 649LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1865S. 112LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1865noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 709LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 322LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 322LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 2, 1865H.R. 51LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1865S. 363LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 277 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
1 Congresses38th · 1863
Democrat · House · IN38th–38th
Term datesexact