JP
John Fox Potter
Representative from WisconsinHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1863ID P000465
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 961 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 961 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Republican
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.8%with Democrats
of 312 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +3 pts — within one party label.
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
Feb 27, 1863H.R. 659LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1863S. 511LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1863S. 511LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 511), 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 24, 1863S. 511LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1863S. 492LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1863S. 492LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1863S. 492LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1863S. 486LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1863S. 486LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 312 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Republican · House · WI35th–37th
Term datesexact