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James Lindsay Seward
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1859ID S000260
LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 267 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 267 · both combined
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
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.8%with Democrats
of 267 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 3, 1859S.J.Res. 84LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859H.R. 892LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1859S. 120LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1859S. 223LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1859S. 229LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1859S. 593LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 267 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
1 Congresses35th · 1857
Democrat · House · GA35th–35th
Term datesexact