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Silas Adams

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1895ID A000047
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 72 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 72 · 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 ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.6%with Democrats
of 72 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 1, 1895S. 1778No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 21, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1895H.J.Res. 275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 275), 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
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1895H.R. 8705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 53rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

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career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
53rd · 1893
Republican · House · KY53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Silas Adams

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSER1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.6%with Democrats
of 72 votes · 94.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 72 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Republican · of 72 votes5.6%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
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Latest 6 shown · 72 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Republican53rd–53rd

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