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Frank Swett Black

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1897ID B000496
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 32 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 32 · 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 ↓1895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.4%with Democrats
of 32 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
Dec 9, 1896H.R. 4354No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 8, 1896H.R. 5210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 412), 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
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 412No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 385No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 370No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
54th · 1895
Republican · House · NY54th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Frank Swett Black

Representative from New York
HOUSER1895–18971 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.4%with Democrats
of 32 votes · 90.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 32 · combined

Career arc

10050018951895
1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 32 votes9.4%

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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 · 32 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189554th · 1895
Republican54th–54th

Party switchers

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