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John Duffy Alderson
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1895ID A000080
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 385 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 385 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.7%with Democrats
of 116 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −14 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 2, 1895H.R. 8695LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 1009LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8681), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.Res. 119LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 4658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 116 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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 Congresses51st · 188953rd · 1893
Democrat · House · WV51st–53rd
Term datesexact