James Gould Polk

Representative from Ohio

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1931–1961ID P000408

LegislationHEADLINE

70%with Dems

of 1,000 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

70%with Dems

of 1,000 · both combined

Steepest move

+29 pts

1939 → 1949

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 ↓19311937194319491955

1959–6086th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.7%with Democrats

of 7 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1939 → 1949, +29 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 19, 1959H.R. 1011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 19, 1959H.R. 1011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1011), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Mar 13, 1959H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 12, 1959S. 50No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 11, 1959H.Res. 205No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 5, 1959H.R. 2260No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 4, 1959H.R. 2256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 4, 1959H.R. 2256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 86th 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

11 Congresses

72nd · 193186th · 1959

Democrat · House · OH72nd–86th

Term datesexact

James Gould Polk

Representative from Ohio

HOUSED1931–196111 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

70.1%with Democrats

of 1,000 votes · 29.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested70%of 1,000 · combined

Steepest move+29 pts1939→49, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019311959

1959–60 · 86th · Democrat · of 7 votes85.7%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 7 contested votes scored in the 86th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

72nd · 193186th · 1959

Democrat72nd–86th

Party switchers

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