JS
Joseph Showalter Smith
Representative from OregonHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1871ID S000581
LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 327 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 327 · 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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75.2%with Democrats
of 327 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, 1871H.J.Res. 467LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871S. 969LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 969), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871S. 892LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2687LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 327 contested votes scored in the 41st 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 Congresses41st · 1869
Democrat · House · OR41st–41st
Term datesexact