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Orestes Cleveland

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1871ID C000514
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 220 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 220 · both combined

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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.7%with Democrats
of 220 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 187), 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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 10, 1871S.J.Res. 108No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 220 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

1 Congresses
41st · 1869
Democrat · House · NJ41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Orestes Cleveland

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSED1869–18711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.7%with Democrats
of 220 votes · 7.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 220 · combined

Career arc

10050018691869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 220 votes92.7%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 220 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186941st · 1869
Democrat41st–41st

Party switchers

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