JW
James David Walker
Senator from ArkansasSENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID W000057
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 1,037 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 1,037 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 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
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.3%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −3 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, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8280), 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, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 48th 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 Congresses46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · AR46th–48th
Term datesexact