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Joseph McCrum Belford

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1899ID B000327
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LegislationHEADLINE
1%with Dems
of 87 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
1%with Dems
of 87 · 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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.1%with Democrats
of 87 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 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10969), 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
Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 8, 1899S. 1273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
55th · 1897
Republican · House · NY55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JB

Joseph McCrum Belford

Representative from New York
HOUSER1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
1.1%with Democrats
of 87 votes · 98.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested1%of 87 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 87 votes1.1%

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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 · 87 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Republican55th–55th

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