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John Ganson

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1863–1865ID G000042
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 381 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 381 · 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 ↓1863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.8%with Democrats
of 381 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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 207), 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 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 761No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 381 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
38th · 1863
Democrat · House · NY38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JG

John Ganson

Representative from New York
HOUSED1863–18651 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.8%with Democrats
of 381 votes · 20.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 381 · combined

Career arc

10050018631863
1863–64 · 38th · Democrat · of 381 votes79.8%

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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 · 381 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186338th · 1863
Democrat38th–38th

Party switchers

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