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John Calhoun Nicholls
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID N000087
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 375 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 375 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1879 → 1883
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78%with Democrats
of 127 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1883, −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 3, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · 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
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 127 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
2 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · House · GA46th–48th
Term datesexact