JM
James Bright Morgan
Representative from MississippiHOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1891ID M000952
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 517 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 517 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.4%with Democrats
of 227 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, +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, 1891S. 4212LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 5958LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5958), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13069LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 1813LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.J.Res. 138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13388LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 4155LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 227 contested votes scored in the 51st 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 Congresses49th · 188551st · 1889
Democrat · House · MS49th–51st
Term datesexact