JP
James Duval Phelan
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1915–1921ID P000290
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 456 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 456 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 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 ↓1915
1919–2066th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.2%with Democrats
of 195 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, +9 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, 1921H.R. 15975LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1921H.R. 15975LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1921H.R. 15275LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 15275), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 22, 1921H.R. 15836LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1921H.R. 15836LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1921H.R. 15812LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1921H.R. 14461LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1921H.R. 14461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1921H.R. 15441LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 195 contested votes scored in the 66th 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
3 Congresses64th · 191566th · 1919
Democrat · Senate · CA64th–66th
Term datesexact