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John Ashley Griswold

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1871ID G000485
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 349 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 349 · 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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92%with Democrats
of 349 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 3, 1871S. 1068No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1450No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871noneNo 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
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871S. 969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 349 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

1 Congresses
41st · 1869
Democrat · House · NY41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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John Ashley Griswold

Representative from New York
HOUSED1869–18711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Democrats
of 349 votes · 8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 349 · combined

Career arc

10050018691869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 349 votes92%

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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 · 349 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186941st · 1869
Democrat41st–41st

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