RF
Robert Elliott De Forest
Representative from ConnecticutHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1895ID D000190
LegislationHEADLINE
76%with Dems
of 211 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
76%with Dems
of 211 · both combined
Steepest move
+19 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓1891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.3%with Democrats
of 121 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +19 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 2, 1895H.R. 8518LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895S. 1778LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1895noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 28, 1895noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 4658LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8234LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
2 Congresses52nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · CT52nd–53rd
Term datesexact