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Henry Schermerhorn De Forest

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1911–1913ID D000189
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 80 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 80 · both combined

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 ↓1911
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.5%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1913H.R. 28858No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 5382No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 5382), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1913S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913H.R. 27148No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1913S. 4043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28283No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1913noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

1 Congresses
62nd · 1911
Republican · House · NY62nd–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Henry Schermerhorn De Forest

Representative from New York
HOUSER1911–19131 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.5%with Democrats
of 80 votes · 92.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 80 · combined

Career arc

10050019111911
1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 80 votes7.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

62nd · 191162nd · 1911
Republican62nd–62nd

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