James Whetstone Overstreet

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1905–1923ID O000143

LegislationHEADLINE

92%with Dems

of 409 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

92%with Dems

of 409 · both combined

Steepest move

−8 pts

1917 → 1919

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 ↓190519111917

1921–2267th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

93.6%with Democrats

of 141 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −8 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 1, 1923S. 4280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 23, 1923H.Res. 492No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 9, 1923H.R. 14254No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14254), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

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Jan 19, 1923H.R. 13793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Nov 29, 1922H.R. 12817No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 15, 1922H.R. 7456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Sep 15, 1922H.R. 7456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 67th 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

59th · 190567th · 1921

Democrat · House · GA59th–67th

Term datesexact

James Whetstone Overstreet

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1905–19234 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

91.7%with Democrats

of 409 votes · 8.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested92%of 409 · combined

Steepest move−8 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019051921

1921–22 · 67th · Democrat · of 141 votes93.6%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 67th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

59th · 190567th · 1921

Democrat59th–67th

Party switchers

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