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David Browning Culberson

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1897ID C000964
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 2,013 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 2,013 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓1875188118871893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.5%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +10 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
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 849), 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 25, 1897H.R. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1897H.Res. 533No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1897H.R. 2153No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

11 Congresses
44th · 187554th · 1895
Democrat · House · TX44th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
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David Browning Culberson

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1875–189711 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
86.7%with Democrats
of 2,013 votes · 13.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 2,013 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 76 votes89.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 76 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187554th · 1895
Democrat44th–54th

Party switchers

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