JL
James Henry Lane
Senator from KansasSENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1867ID L000061
LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 551 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 551 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1863 → 1865
still a Republican
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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
39.2%with Democrats
of 74 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +17 pts — within one party label.
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
Jun 29, 1866S. 357LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 127), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 8, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 6, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 31, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 31, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 31, 1866H.J.Res. 127LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 39th 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 Congresses37th · 186139th · 1865
Republican · Senate · KS37th–39th
Term datesexact