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Chester Bidwell Darrall

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1883ID D000062
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 742 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 742 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓186918751881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.2%with Democrats
of 99 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −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
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7314No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 99 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
41st · 186947th · 1881
Republican · House · LA41st–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Louisiana
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Chester Bidwell Darrall

Representative from Louisiana
HOUSER1869–18836 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
17.7%with Democrats
of 742 votes · 82.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 742 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691881
1881–82 · 47th · Republican · of 99 votes20.2%

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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 · 99 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186947th · 1881
Republican41st–47th

Party switchers

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