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James Scott Negley

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1887ID N000024
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 961 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 961 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1871 → 1873
still a Republican

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 ↓186918751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 119 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −4 pts — within one party label.
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 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10793), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887S. 183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10912No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 929No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 119 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

4 Congresses
41st · 186949th · 1885
Republican · House · PA41st–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
JN

James Scott Negley

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSER1869–18874 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.9%with Democrats
of 961 votes · 85.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 961 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691885
1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 119 votes15.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 119 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186949th · 1885
Republican41st–49th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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