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John Goode Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1881ID G000277
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 680 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 680 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.5%with Democrats
of 270 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +6 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 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4592), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4748No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 270 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

3 Congresses
44th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat · House · VA44th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JG

John Goode Jr.

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1875–18813 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.4%with Democrats
of 680 votes · 11.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 680 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1875→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751879
1879–80 · 46th · Democrat · of 270 votes88.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 270 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187546th · 1879
Democrat44th–46th

Party switchers

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