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John Sharpenstein Hager

Senator from California
SENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1875ID H000016
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 180 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 180 · 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 ↓1873
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.1%with Democrats
of 180 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, 1875H.R. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 3341No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4692No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4692), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4729No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 180 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
43rd · 1873
Democrat · Senate · CA43rd–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · California
JH

John Sharpenstein Hager

Senator from California
SENATED1873–18751 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
81.1%with Democrats
of 180 votes · 18.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 180 · combined

Career arc

10050018731873
1873–74 · 43rd · Democrat · of 180 votes81.1%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 180 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187343rd · 1873
Democrat43rd–43rd

Party switchers

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