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Clement Dowd

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1885ID D000463
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 323 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 323 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 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 ↓1881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.6%with Democrats
of 153 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +2 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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 153 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

2 Congresses
47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat · House · NC47th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Clement Dowd

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSED1881–18852 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.5%with Democrats
of 323 votes · 15.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 323 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 153 votes85.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 153 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat47th–48th

Party switchers

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