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George Washington Bridges

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1863ID B000822
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 11 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 11 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
9.1%with Democrats
of 11 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 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 401No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 401), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1863S. 515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 11 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
37th · 1861
Other party · House · TN37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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George Washington Bridges

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEO1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.1%with Democrats
of 11 votes · 90.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 11 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 11 votes9.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 11 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Other party37th–37th

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