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James Wesley Reid

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1887ID R000148
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 146 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 146 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.5%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +24 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
Aug 4, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 4, 1886H.J.Res. 126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1886H.R. 9478No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9478), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 3, 1886H.R. 7480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1886S. 2056No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1886S. 201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 31, 1886H.R. 3280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 31, 1886H.R. 3280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1886H.R. 7480No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

2 Congresses
48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat · House · NC48th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
JR

James Wesley Reid

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1883–18872 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
78.1%with Democrats
of 146 votes · 21.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 146 · combined
Steepest move+24 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018831885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 96 votes86.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188349th · 1885
Democrat48th–49th

Party switchers

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