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Theodore Weld Burdick

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1879ID B001078
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 242 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 242 · 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 ↓1877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.5%with Democrats
of 242 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, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5580), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6463No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 242 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
45th · 1877
Republican · House · IA45th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Theodore Weld Burdick

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1877–18791 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.5%with Democrats
of 242 votes · 90.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 242 · combined

Career arc

10050018771877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 242 votes9.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 242 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187745th · 1877
Republican45th–45th

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