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Peter Myndert Dox

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1873ID D000478
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 636 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 636 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.3%with Democrats
of 328 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +8 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, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 328 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat · House · AL41st–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Peter Myndert Dox

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.5%with Democrats
of 636 votes · 14.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 636 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1869→71, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 328 votes89.3%

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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 · 328 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186942nd · 1871
Democrat41st–42nd

Party switchers

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