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Richard Thomas Walker Duke

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1869–1873ID D000521
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 421 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 421 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1869 → 1871
the label changed
Changed parties
42nd
O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1869O→D · 42nd
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.5%with Democrats
of 332 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −7 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 332 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
Other party · House · VA41st–41st
Democrat · House · VA42nd–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
RD

Richard Thomas Walker Duke

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO→D1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.9%with Democrats
of 421 votes · 13.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 421 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1869→71, as a Democrat
Changed parties42ndO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 332 votes85.5%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 332 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
Other party41st–41st
Democrat42nd–42nd

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