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William Osborne Goode

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID G000281
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 292 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 292 · 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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85.6%with Democrats
of 292 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 1, 1859H.R. 713No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1859H.R. 713No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 28, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1859H.R. 712No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1859H.R. 872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1859noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 292 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · VA35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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William Osborne Goode

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1857–18612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
85.6%with Democrats
of 292 votes · 14.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 292 · combined

Career arc

10050018571859
1857–58 · 35th · Democrat · of 292 votes85.6%

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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 · 292 contested votes scored in the 35th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat35th–36th

Party switchers

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