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Robert Franklin Bratton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1895ID B000773
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 10 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 10 · 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 ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90%with Democrats
of 10 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
Oct 10, 1893H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1893H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 10, 1893H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2331), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Sep 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Sep 21, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 21, 1893H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
53rd · 1893
Democrat · House · MD53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
RB

Robert Franklin Bratton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Democrats
of 10 votes · 10% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 10 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 10 votes90%

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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 · 10 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Democrat53rd–53rd

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