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Daniel Coleman De Jarnette

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEINDEPENDENT1859–1861ID D000202
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 263 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 263 · 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 ↓1859
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as an Independent
93.2%with Democrats
of 263 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, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 902), 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 971No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 263 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
36th · 1859
Independent · House · VA36th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Daniel Coleman De Jarnette

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEI1859–18611 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
93.2%with Democrats
of 263 votes · 6.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 263 · combined

Career arc

10050018591859
1859–60 · 36th · Independent · of 263 votes93.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 263 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185936th · 1859
Independent36th–36th

Party switchers

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