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Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1877–1883ID D000580
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 584 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 584 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1879 → 1881
still a Republican

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 ↓1877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.6%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +8 pts — within one party label.
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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 47th 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

3 Congresses
45th · 187747th · 1881
Republican · House · NY45th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JD

Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight

Representative from New York
HOUSER1877–18833 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Democrats
of 584 votes · 94% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 584 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1879→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018771881
1881–82 · 47th · Republican · of 155 votes11.6%

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 · 155 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187747th · 1881
Republican45th–47th

Party switchers

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