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James Roosevelt
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1955–1967ID R000426
LegislationHEADLINE
96%with Dems
of 542 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
96%with Dems
of 542 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1959 → 1961
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 ↓19551961
1965–6689th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.1%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1959 → 1961, +5 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
Sep 29, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 29, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4644), 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
Sep 29, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1965H.R. 4644LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 23, 1965H.R. 7371LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 22, 1965S. 2300LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 89th 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
6 Congresses84th · 195589th · 1965
Democrat · House · CA84th–89th
Term datesexact