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Philip Bond Fouke

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1859–1863ID F000316
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Dems
of 333 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
79%with Dems
of 333 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.3%with Democrats
of 153 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +13 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 3, 1863S. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 634), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1863S. 481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 153 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
36th · 185937th · 1861
Democrat · House · IL36th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Philip Bond Fouke

Representative from Illinois
HOUSED1859–18632 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79%with Democrats
of 333 votes · 21% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested79%of 333 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1859→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018591861
1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 153 votes86.3%

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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 · 153 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185937th · 1861
Democrat36th–37th

Party switchers

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