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Richard Graham Frost

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1883ID F000393
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LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 247 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 247 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.5%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −10 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, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7631), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
46th · 187947th · 1881
Democrat · House · MO46th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Richard Graham Frost

Representative from Missouri
HOUSED1879–18832 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.7%with Democrats
of 247 votes · 11.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested89%of 247 · combined
Steepest move−10 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 41 votes80.5%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187947th · 1881
Democrat46th–47th

Party switchers

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