Henry Bowen

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1883–1889ID B000683

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 134 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 134 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1883 → 1887

the label changed

Changed parties

50th

O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1883O→R · 50th

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

9.4%with Democrats

of 85 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1883 → 1887, −3 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

2 Congresses

48th · 188350th · 1887

Other party · House · VA48th–48th

Republican · House · VA50th–50th

Term datesexact

Henry Bowen

Representative from Virginia

HOUSEO→R1883–18892 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

10.4%with Democrats

of 134 votes · 89.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 134 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1883→87, as a Republican

Changed parties50thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18831887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 85 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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 85 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887

Other party48th–48th

Republican50th–50th

Other party switchers

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