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Adin Ballou Capron

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1911ID C000135
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LegislationHEADLINE
4%with Dems
of 631 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
4%with Dems
of 631 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓189719031909
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.8%with Democrats
of 26 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +3 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
Jun 7, 1910H.Res. 729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 7, 1910H.R. 17536No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1438), 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
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 31, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 30, 1909noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1909S.Con.Res. 5No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 12, 1909S.J.Res. 40No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 12, 1909S.J.Res. 40No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 26 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

7 Congresses
55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican · House · RI55th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Adin Ballou Capron

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSER1897–19117 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
3.8%with Democrats
of 631 votes · 96.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested4%of 631 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1897→99, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018971909
1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 26 votes3.8%

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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 · 26 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189761st · 1909
Republican55th–61st

Party switchers

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