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Roswell Pettibone Flower

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1891ID F000217
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 391 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 391 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1881 → 1889
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 ↓18811887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.3%with Democrats
of 262 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1889, +6 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 2, 1891S. 4212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 210No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 5958No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13069No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 262 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
47th · 188151st · 1889
Democrat · House · NY47th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Roswell Pettibone Flower

Representative from New York
HOUSED1881–18912 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74.4%with Democrats
of 391 votes · 25.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 391 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1881→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 262 votes76.3%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 262 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188151st · 1889
Democrat47th–51st

Party switchers

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