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James Hardin Peterson
Representative from FloridaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1933–1951ID P000261
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 849 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 849 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1941 → 1943
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 ↓193319391945
1949–5081st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.6%with Democrats
of 131 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −14 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
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1950H.R. 9798LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1950H.R. 9853LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9853), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 7, 1950H.R. 9763LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 5, 1950H.R. 9827LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 9490LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 22, 1950H.R. 8920LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 131 contested votes scored in the 81st 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
9 Congresses73rd · 193381st · 1949
Democrat · House · FL73rd–81st
Term datesexact