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Smith Ely Jr.
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1877ID E000167
LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 282 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 282 · both combined
Steepest move
−24 pts
1871 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
55.4%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1875, −24 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
Dec 6, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1876noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 4, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 4, 1876noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1876H.R. 4064LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1876H.R. 4064LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1876S. 675LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
2 Congresses42nd · 187144th · 1875
Democrat · House · NY42nd–44th
Term datesexact