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Richard Henry Clarke

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1889–1897ID C000469
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 508 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 508 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓18891895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.7%with Democrats
of 49 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −12 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 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10090), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1897S. 894No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

4 Congresses
51st · 188954th · 1895
Democrat · House · AL51st–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Richard Henry Clarke

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1889–18974 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
89.2%with Democrats
of 508 votes · 10.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 508 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018891895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 49 votes83.7%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 49 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188954th · 1895
Democrat51st–54th

Party switchers

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