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Rufus Smith Frost

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1877ID F000394
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 68 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 68 · 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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.3%with Democrats
of 68 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
Jul 10, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 10, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 10, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jul 10, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 28, 1876H.J.Res. 109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1876H.J.Res. 109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 28, 1876H.J.Res. 109No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1876H.R. 2284No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
44th · 1875
Republican · House · MA44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Rufus Smith Frost

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.3%with Democrats
of 68 votes · 89.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 68 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 68 votes10.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Republican44th–44th

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