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James Byron Reed

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1923–1929ID R000119
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LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 156 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 156 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1923 → 1925
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 ↓1923
1927–2870th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.6%with Democrats
of 29 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1923 → 1925, −6 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, 1929S.J.Res. 132No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1929S. 2901No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1929H.R. 17223No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17223), 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 11, 1929H.R. 11725No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1929H.R. 14813No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 25, 1928S. 3674No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1928H.R. 5773No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1928S.J.Res. 46No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 24, 1928S. 777No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 70th 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

3 Congresses
68th · 192370th · 1927
Democrat · House · AR68th–70th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
JR

James Byron Reed

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1923–19293 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
96.8%with Democrats
of 156 votes · 3.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested97%of 156 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1923→25, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019231927
1927–28 · 70th · Democrat · of 29 votes96.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 70th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

68th · 192370th · 1927
Democrat68th–70th

Party switchers

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