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Robert Safford Hale

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1875ID H000037
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LegislationHEADLINE
36%with Dems
of 452 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
36%with Dems
of 452 · both combined
Steepest move
−20 pts
1865 → 1873
still a Republican

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 ↓18651871
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
23.5%with Democrats
of 170 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1873, −20 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
Mar 2, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1875noneNo 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 4, 1875H.R. 145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875H.R. 796No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1875noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1875H.R. 145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 170 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

2 Congresses
39th · 186543rd · 1873
Republican · House · NY39th–43rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
RH

Robert Safford Hale

Representative from New York
HOUSER1865–18752 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
36.3%with Democrats
of 452 votes · 63.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested36%of 452 · combined
Steepest move−20 pts1865→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651873
1873–74 · 43rd · Republican · of 170 votes23.5%

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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 · 170 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186543rd · 1873
Republican39th–43rd

Party switchers

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