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George Hearst
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1885–1891ID H000428
LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 218 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 218 · both combined
Steepest move
−11 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.6%with Democrats
of 79 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −11 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
Sep 30, 1890H.R. 9416LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1890H.R. 11120LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 27, 1890H.R. 11120LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11120), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Sep 24, 1890S. 1042LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1890H.R. 9014LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 24, 1890H.R. 9014LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Sep 23, 1890noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 17, 1890H.R. 7254LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Sep 16, 1890S. 2672LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 51st 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
3 Congresses49th · 188551st · 1889
Democrat · Senate · CA49th–51st
Term datesexact