James Phelps

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1883ID P000295

LegislationHEADLINE

73%with Dems

of 744 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

73%with Dems

of 744 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1879 → 1881

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 ↓18751881

1881–8247th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

61.4%with Democrats

of 132 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −15 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 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7631), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

44th · 187547th · 1881

Democrat · House · CT44th–47th

Term datesexact

James Phelps

Representative from Connecticut

HOUSED1875–18834 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

72.6%with Democrats

of 744 votes · 27.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested73%of 744 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751881

1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 132 votes61.4%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 132 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187547th · 1881

Democrat44th–47th

Party switchers

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