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James Phelan
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1887–1891ID P000289
LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 90 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 90 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓1887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.9%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +4 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
May 26, 1890S. 4LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jan 27, 1890H.R. 182LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1890H.R. 4970LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1889noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 51st 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 Congresses50th · 188751st · 1889
Democrat · House · TN50th–51st
Term datesexact