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George Robertson Dennis

Senator from Maryland
SENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1879ID D000242
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 562 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 562 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.1%with Democrats
of 224 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +11 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, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6240), 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, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 224 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

3 Congresses
43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat · Senate · MD43rd–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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George Robertson Dennis

Senator from Maryland
SENATED1873–18793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.4%with Democrats
of 562 votes · 12.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 562 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1875→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 224 votes91.1%

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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 · 224 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat43rd–45th

Party switchers

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