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Richard Parks Bland
Representative from MissouriHOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1899ID B000544
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,910 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,910 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1883 → 1885
still a Democrat
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 ↓18731879188518911897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.9%with Democrats
of 97 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −7 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1899H.R. 12122LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1899H.R. 12008LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 55th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
12 Congresses43rd · 187355th · 1897
Democrat · House · MO43rd–55th
Term datesexact