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John Frederick Finerty

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEINDEPENDENT1883–1885ID F000127
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Dems
of 108 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
38%with Dems
of 108 · both combined

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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as an Independent
38%with Democrats
of 108 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

1 Congresses
48th · 1883
Independent · House · IL48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
JF

John Frederick Finerty

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEI1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
38%with Democrats
of 108 votes · 62% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested38%of 108 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Independent · of 108 votes38%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 108 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Independent48th–48th

Party switchers

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