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David Clopton

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1861ID C000530
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 251 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 251 · 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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.4%with Democrats
of 251 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
Jan 9, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneNo 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
Jan 3, 1861H.R. 335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 27, 1860noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 251 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
36th · 1859
Democrat · House · AL36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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David Clopton

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
94.4%with Democrats
of 251 votes · 5.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 251 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 251 votes94.4%

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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 · 251 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Democrat36th–36th

Party switchers

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