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Demas Barnes

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1869ID B000156
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 308 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 308 · 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 ↓1867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.3%with Democrats
of 308 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
Mar 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), 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
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 308 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
40th · 1867
Democrat · House · NY40th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Demas Barnes

Representative from New York
HOUSED1867–18691 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.3%with Democrats
of 308 votes · 12.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 308 · combined

Career arc

10050018671867
1867–68 · 40th · Democrat · of 308 votes87.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 308 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186740th · 1867
Democrat40th–40th

Party switchers

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