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Joseph Hutton Defrees

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1867ID D000192
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 336 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 336 · 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 ↓1865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33%with Democrats
of 336 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 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 509), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1867S. 603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 336 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
39th · 1865
Republican · House · IN39th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
JD

Joseph Hutton Defrees

Representative from Indiana
HOUSER1865–18671 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Democrats
of 336 votes · 67% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 336 · combined

Career arc

10050018651865
1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 336 votes33%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 336 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186539th · 1865
Republican39th–39th

Party switchers

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