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Charles James Faulkner

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1877ID F000044
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 402 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 402 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1857 → 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 ↓1857186318691875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
87.9%with Democrats
of 124 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1875, −4 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, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
35th · 185744th · 1875
Democrat · House · VA35th–35th
Democrat · House · WV44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
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Charles James Faulkner

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSED1857–18772 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.8%with Democrats
of 402 votes · 9.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 402 · combined
Steepest move−4 pts1857→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 124 votes87.9%

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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 · 124 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185744th · 1875
Democrat35th–35th
Democrat44th–44th

Party switchers

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