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Nicholas Nichols Cox

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1901ID C000838
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LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 490 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 490 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18911897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96.4%with Democrats
of 55 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, +4 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
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5499), 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
Feb 28, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1901S. 2799No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1901H.R. 13801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 15, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

5 Congresses
52nd · 189156th · 1899
Democrat · House · TN52nd–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
NC

Nicholas Nichols Cox

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1891–19015 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94.5%with Democrats
of 490 votes · 5.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 490 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018911899
1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 55 votes96.4%

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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 · 55 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

52nd · 189156th · 1899
Democrat52nd–56th

Party switchers

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