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Peter Victor Deuster

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1885ID D000274
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LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 506 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 506 · both combined
Steepest move
−18 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1879
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
59.1%with Democrats
of 154 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −18 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, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 154 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · House · WI46th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Peter Victor Deuster

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSED1879–18853 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
69.6%with Democrats
of 506 votes · 30.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested70%of 506 · combined
Steepest move−18 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 154 votes59.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 154 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat46th–48th

Party switchers

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