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George Ford

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1887ID F000259
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 169 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 169 · 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 ↓1885
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.7%with Democrats
of 169 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, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 856), 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 3, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10912No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
49th · 1885
Democrat · House · IN49th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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George Ford

Representative from Indiana
HOUSED1885–18871 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.7%with Democrats
of 169 votes · 21.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 169 · combined

Career arc

10050018851885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 169 votes78.7%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188549th · 1885
Democrat49th–49th

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