Roderick Randum Butler

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1889ID B001188

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 1,074 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 1,074 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1873 → 1887

still a Republican

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 ↓1867187318791885

1887–8850th Congress

Sat as a Republican

4.6%with Democrats

of 87 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1873 → 1887, −13 pts — within one party label.

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 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), 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

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Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

5 Congresses

40th · 186750th · 1887

Republican · House · TN40th–50th

Term datesexact

Roderick Randum Butler

Representative from Tennessee

HOUSER1867–18895 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

15.5%with Democrats

of 1,074 votes · 84.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 1,074 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1873→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671887

1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 87 votes4.6%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186750th · 1887

Republican40th–50th

Party switchers

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