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Finis Ewing Downing
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1895–1897ID D000473
LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 32 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 32 · 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 ↓1895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.1%with Democrats
of 32 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
Jun 5, 1896H.Res. 370LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 3, 1896H.R. 8293LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 1, 1896H.Res. 307LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 307), 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
May 7, 1896H.Res. 248LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 7, 1896H.R. 7370LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 5, 1896H.R. 7542LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 5, 1896H.Res. 305LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 2, 1896H.R. 8110LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 2, 1896H.R. 8110LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 54th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
1 Congresses54th · 1895
Democrat · House · IL54th–54th
Term datesexact