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Butler Ames
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1903–1913ID A000173
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 346 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 346 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓19031909
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.9%with Democrats
of 45 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, +20 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 4, 1913H.R. 28775LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 4043LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 11, 1913H.Res. 519LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 519), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 11, 1913H.R. 27475LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1912S. 3175LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1912noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 10, 1912H.Res. 687LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1912H.R. 22195LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1912H.R. 25034LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 45 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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
5 Congresses58th · 190362nd · 1911
Republican · House · MA58th–62nd
Term datesexact