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David Demerest Aitken
Representative from MichiganHOUSEREPUBLICAN1893–1897ID A000068
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 88 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 88 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.9%with Democrats
of 31 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −10 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
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10329), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1897H.R. 1139LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 31 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
2 Congresses53rd · 189354th · 1895
Republican · House · MI53rd–54th
Term datesexact