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Sydney Parham Epes
Representative from VirginiaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1901ID E000196
LegislationHEADLINE
97%with Dems
of 61 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
97%with Dems
of 61 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓1897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90%with Democrats
of 10 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −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
Feb 28, 1900H.R. 8245LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1900H.R. 8245LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1900H.R. 8347LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8347), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 9, 1900noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 25, 1900H.Res. 1LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 25, 1900H.Res. 107LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1900S. 2179LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 15, 1900H.R. 5297LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1899noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 10 contested votes scored in the 56th 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 Congresses55th · 189756th · 1899
Democrat · House · VA55th–56th
Term datesexact