JN
John Thompson Nixon
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID N000115
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 560 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 560 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
28.5%with Democrats
of 333 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +15 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, 1863S. 467LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 523LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 3, 1863H.J.Res. 115LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 780LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 333 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican · House · NJ36th–37th
Term datesexact