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George Tankard Garrison

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1881–1885ID G000084
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 269 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 269 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −3 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, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat · House · VA47th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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George Tankard Garrison

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1881–18852 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.1%with Democrats
of 269 votes · 21.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 269 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018811883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 100 votes76%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188148th · 1883
Democrat47th–48th

Party switchers

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