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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1869–1873ID F000129
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LegislationHEADLINE
44%with Dems
of 831 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
44%with Dems
of 831 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1869 → 1871
the label changed
Changed parties
42nd
R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1869R→O · 42nd
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat under another party label
51.9%with Democrats
of 370 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +15 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1873S. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), 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, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 370 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
41st · 186942nd · 1871
Republican · House · MO41st–41st
Other party · House · MO42nd–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg

Representative from Missouri
HOUSER→O1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
43.6%with Democrats
of 831 votes · 56.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested44%of 831 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1869→71, under another label
Changed parties42ndR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Other party · of 370 votes51.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 370 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186942nd · 1871
Republican41st–41st
Other party42nd–42nd

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