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Charles Foster
Representative from OhioHOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1879ID F000299
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 1,011 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 1,011 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1873 → 1875
still a Republican
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 ↓18711877
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
7.3%with Democrats
of 232 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −8 pts — within one party label.
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, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 5580LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879H.R. 2423LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 232 contested votes scored in the 45th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses42nd · 187145th · 1877
Republican · House · OH42nd–45th
Term datesexact