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James Washington Singleton
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1883ID S000444
LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 345 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 345 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.9%with Democrats
of 133 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −10 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 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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 2, 1883S. 2046LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 133 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
2 Congresses46th · 187947th · 1881
Democrat · House · IL46th–47th
Term datesexact