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Hilary Abner Herbert

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1893ID H000524
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,514 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,514 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1889 → 1891
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 ↓187718831889
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.5%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −14 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, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1893H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7845), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Feb 27, 1893H.R. 9350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1893S. 2931No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 22, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

8 Congresses
45th · 187752nd · 1891
Democrat · House · AL45th–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Hilary Abner Herbert

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1877–18938 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.8%with Democrats
of 1,514 votes · 9.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 1,514 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771891
1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 73 votes79.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187752nd · 1891
Democrat45th–52nd

Party switchers

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