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James Luther Slayden
Representative from TexasHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1919ID S000482
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 932 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 932 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1913 → 1915
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 ↓1897190319091915
1917–1865th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.6%with Democrats
of 72 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1913 → 1915, −16 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
Feb 28, 1919H.R. 16187LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1919S. 2812LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1919H.Res. 541LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 541), 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
Feb 26, 1919H.R. 16136LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1919H.R. 13274LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1919H.R. 16020LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1919H.R. 13308LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1919H.Res. 593LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1919S. 2812LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 65th 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
11 Congresses55th · 189765th · 1917
Democrat · House · TX55th–65th
Term datesexact