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John Rice Eden
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1887ID E000042
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,147 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,147 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1877 → 1885
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 ↓1863186918751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86%with Democrats
of 157 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1885, −6 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, 1887S. 763LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 856), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 157 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
5 Congresses38th · 186349th · 1885
Democrat · House · IL38th–49th
Term datesexact