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Foster Vincent Brown

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1897ID B000915
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 57 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 57 · 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
17.5%with Democrats
of 57 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
Feb 9, 1897H.R. 1185No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 8, 1897H.R. 9470No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9470), 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
Dec 18, 1896H.R. 2620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1896H.R. 903No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1896H.R. 9638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 14, 1896H.R. 1888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1896H.R. 1888No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 14, 1896H.R. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 57 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 · TN54th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Foster Vincent Brown

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1895–18971 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17.5%with Democrats
of 57 votes · 82.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 57 · combined

Career arc

10050018951895
1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 57 votes17.5%

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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 · 57 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

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