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George Washington Geddes
Representative from OhioHOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1887ID G000115
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 742 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 742 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓18791885
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61%with Democrats
of 159 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, −14 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, 1887H.R. 5394LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6974), 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 3, 1887S. 183LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1887H.R. 4833LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1887H.R. 10419LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1887noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 159 contested votes scored in the 49th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
4 Congresses46th · 187949th · 1885
Democrat · House · OH46th–49th
Term datesexact