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Henry Gassaway Davis
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1871–1883ID D000103
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 1,964 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 1,964 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓18711877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.5%with Democrats
of 538 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −13 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 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 7637LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 4757LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4757), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2133LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7595LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 538 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
6 Congresses42nd · 187147th · 1881
Democrat · Senate · WV42nd–47th
Term datesexact