James Schoolcraft Sherman

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1887–1909ID S000345

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 877 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 877 · both combined

Steepest move

−21 pts

1895 → 1897

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 ↓1887189318991905

1907–0860th Congress

Sat as a Republican

1.6%with Democrats

of 63 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −21 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

Mar 2, 1909S. 28No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1909H.R. 28376No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1909S. 5729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5729), 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

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Feb 26, 1909H.R. 28245No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1909H.Res. 597No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 17, 1909H.R. 23464No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1909S. 9295No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 15, 1909H.Res. 566No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 60th 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

10 Congresses

50th · 188760th · 1907

Republican · House · NY50th–60th

Term datesexact

James Schoolcraft Sherman

Representative from New York

HOUSER1887–190910 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.9%with Democrats

of 877 votes · 92.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 877 · combined

Steepest move−21 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018871907

1907–08 · 60th · Republican · of 63 votes1.6%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 63 contested votes scored in the 60th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188760th · 1907

Republican50th–60th

Party switchers

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