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Martin Ambrose Foran

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1889ID F000254
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LegislationHEADLINE
66%with Dems
of 350 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
66%with Dems
of 350 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓1883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.9%with Democrats
of 78 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −17 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, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

3 Congresses
48th · 188350th · 1887
Democrat · House · OH48th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Martin Ambrose Foran

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1883–18893 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
65.7%with Democrats
of 350 votes · 34.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested66%of 350 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1883→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018831887
1887–88 · 50th · Democrat · of 78 votes67.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 78 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887
Democrat48th–50th

Party switchers

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