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Constantine Jacob Erdman

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1897ID E000199
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 258 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 258 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.7%with Democrats
of 104 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −3 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, 1897H.R. 7864No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 7422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7422), 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
Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 104 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
53rd · 189354th · 1895
Democrat · House · PA53rd–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Constantine Jacob Erdman

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED1893–18972 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.7%with Democrats
of 258 votes · 16.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 258 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 104 votes81.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 104 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189354th · 1895
Democrat53rd–54th

Party switchers

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