John Augustus Griswold

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT→REPUBLICAN1863–1869ID G000486

LegislationHEADLINE

39%with Dems

of 794 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

39%with Dems

of 794 · both combined

Steepest move

−44 pts

1863 → 1865

the label changed

Changed parties

39th

D → R · first Congress under it

votes moved after

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 ↓1863D→R · 39th

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

23.2%with Democrats

of 250 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −44 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 250 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

38th · 186339th · 186540th · 1867

Democrat · House · NY38th–38th

Republican · House · NY39th–40th

Term datesexact

John Augustus Griswold

Representative from New York

HOUSED→R1863–18693 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

39.2%with Democrats

of 794 votes · 60.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested39%of 794 · combined

Steepest move−44 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Changed parties39thD→R · votes moved after

Career arc

100500D→R18631867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 250 votes23.2%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 250 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186340th · 1867

Democrat38th–38th

Republican39th–40th

Other party switchers

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