BC
Barnes Compton
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1895ID C000660
LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 314 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 314 · both combined
Steepest move
+17 pts
1887 → 1889
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 ↓18851891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.3%with Democrats
of 36 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +17 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
Apr 26, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 25, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 24, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Apr 23, 1894H.R. 6171LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 23, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 17, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 20, 1894noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 36 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
5 Congresses49th · 188553rd · 1893
Democrat · House · MD49th–53rd
Term datesexact