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Freeman Clarke

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1875ID C000461
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LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 489 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 489 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1863 → 1871
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 ↓18631869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
34.8%with Democrats
of 112 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1871, +9 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 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 112 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

3 Congresses
38th · 186343rd · 1873
Republican · House · NY38th–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Freeman Clarke

Representative from New York
HOUSER1863–18753 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
24.1%with Democrats
of 489 votes · 75.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested24%of 489 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1863→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 112 votes34.8%

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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 · 112 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186343rd · 1873
Republican38th–43rd

Party switchers

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