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Goldsmith Fox Bailey

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1863ID B000038
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 43 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 43 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14%with Democrats
of 43 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
May 26, 1862S. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1862H.R. 299No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1862H.R. 240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 240), 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 20, 1862H.R. 240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1862H.J.Res. 37No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1862H.R. 240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1862H.R. 240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1862H.R. 165No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Republican · House · MA37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Goldsmith Fox Bailey

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Democrats
of 43 votes · 86% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 43 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 43 votes14%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Republican37th–37th

Party switchers

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