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Henry Grider

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1861–1867ID G000455
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 942 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 942 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1861 → 1863
under one label
Changed parties
39th
O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1861O→D · 39th
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.2%with Democrats
of 192 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +3 pts — within one party label.
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
Jul 18, 1866S. 190No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1866S. 190No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 18, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jul 17, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1866H.R. 613No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 14, 1866S. 236No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
37th · 186139th · 1865
Other party · House · KY37th–38th
Democrat · House · KY39th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
HG

Henry Grider

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO→D1861–18673 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.7%with Democrats
of 942 votes · 9.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 942 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1861→63, under another label
Changed parties39thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18611865
1865–66 · 39th · Democrat · of 192 votes93.2%

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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 · 192 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865
Other party37th–38th
Democrat39th–39th

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