JS
James Smith Jr.
Senator from New JerseySENATEDEMOCRAT1893–1899ID S000561
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 349 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 349 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1893
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.9%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +23 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, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1899S. 5578LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1899S. 5578LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
3 Congresses53rd · 189355th · 1897
Democrat · Senate · NJ53rd–55th
Term datesexact