RH
Robert Hamilton
Representative from New JerseyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1877ID H000117
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 390 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 390 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1873 → 1875
still a Democrat
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
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.3%with Democrats
of 157 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −6 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1877S. 811LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 407LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4617LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 157 contested votes scored in the 44th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
2 Congresses43rd · 187344th · 1875
Democrat · House · NJ43rd–44th
Term datesexact