JO
James O'Brien
Representative from New YorkHOUSEINDEPENDENT1879–1881ID O000011
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 14 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 14 · 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 ↓1879
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as an Independent
85.7%with Democrats
of 14 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
May 31, 1880H.R. 6266LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1880noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 2, 1879H.J.Res. 122LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 122), 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
Jun 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 13, 1879H.R. 1382LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 12, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1879H.R. 1382LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 6, 1879H.R. 1382LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 1, 1879H.R. 1LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 14 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses46th · 1879
Independent · House · NY46th–46th
Term datesexact