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Charles Phillips Dorr

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1897–1899ID D000436
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 87 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 87 · 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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.8%with Democrats
of 87 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, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1899H.R. 11683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11683), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 23, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 10500No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 9, 1899H.R. 10969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
55th · 1897
Republican · House · WV55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
CD

Charles Phillips Dorr

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSER1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.8%with Democrats
of 87 votes · 86.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 87 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 87 votes13.8%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Republican55th–55th

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