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George Armstrong Halsey

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1873ID H000087
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 503 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 503 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1867 → 1871
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 ↓1867
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1871, −12 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 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
40th · 186742nd · 1871
Republican · House · NJ40th–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
GH

George Armstrong Halsey

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1867–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.3%with Democrats
of 503 votes · 81.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 503 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1867→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671871
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 209 votes11.5%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186742nd · 1871
Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

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