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Henry Bowen Anthony

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEREPUBLICAN1859–1885ID A000262
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 3,653 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 3,653 · both combined
Steepest move
+25 pts
1865 → 1867
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 ↓18591865187118771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.3%with Democrats
of 21 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +25 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
Jul 3, 1884H.R. 1015No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 6, 1884S. 1448No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1884S. 1372No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1372), 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
Apr 14, 1884H.R. 4716No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 7, 1884S. 398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1884S. 398No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1884S. 140No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 6, 1884S. 399No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 21 contested votes scored in the 48th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

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

Service record

13 Congresses
36th · 185948th · 1883
Republican · Senate · RI36th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Henry Bowen Anthony

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATER1859–188513 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Democrats
of 3,653 votes · 85% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 3,653 · combined
Steepest move+25 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 21 votes14.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 21 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185948th · 1883
Republican36th–48th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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