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Albert George Burr

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1867–1871ID B001134
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 761 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 761 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1867 → 1869
still a Democrat

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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.6%with Democrats
of 379 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +3 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 28, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3064), 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
Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 379 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
40th · 186741st · 1869
Democrat · House · IL40th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
AB

Albert George Burr

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1867–18712 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
95.1%with Democrats
of 761 votes · 4.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 761 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1867→69, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018671869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 379 votes96.6%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 379 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186741st · 1869
Democrat40th–41st

Party switchers

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