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Isaac Roberts Hawkins

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1865–1871ID H000370
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LegislationHEADLINE
55%with Dems
of 759 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
55%with Dems
of 759 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1867 → 1869
still a Republican
Changed parties
40th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1865O→R · 40th
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
63%with Democrats
of 343 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +16 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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871S. 969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 343 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
39th · 186540th · 186741st · 1869
Other party · House · TN39th–39th
Republican · House · TN40th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
IH

Isaac Roberts Hawkins

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEO→R1865–18713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
55.5%with Democrats
of 759 votes · 44.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested55%of 759 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1867→69, as a Republican
Changed parties40thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18651869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 343 votes63%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 343 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186541st · 1869
Other party39th–39th
Republican40th–41st

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