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David Grant Colson
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1899ID C000649
LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 74 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 74 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1895 → 1897
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 ↓1895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
43.3%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +14 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
May 19, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 16, 1898H.J.Res. 237LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1898noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 15, 1898noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 13, 1898H.J.Res. 233LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 55th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses54th · 189555th · 1897
Republican · House · KY54th–55th
Term datesexact