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Francis Wellington Cushman

Representative from Washington
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1899–1911ID C001018
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 505 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 505 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1905 → 1907
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 ↓18991905
1909–1061st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1905 → 1907, −9 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
Jun 3, 1909H.R. 9541No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1438), 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 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 9, 1909H.R. 1438No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 61st 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

6 Congresses
56th · 189961st · 1909
Republican · House · WA56th–61st
Term datesexact
Members · Washington
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Francis Wellington Cushman

Representative from Washington
HOUSER1899–19116 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.9%with Democrats
of 505 votes · 90.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 505 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1905→07, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018991909
1909–10 · 61st · Republican · of 16 votes0%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 61st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

56th · 189961st · 1909
Republican56th–61st

Party switchers

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