FH
Frank Hereford
Senator from West VirginiaSENATEDEMOCRAT1871–1881ID H000527
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 1,463 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 1,463 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓18711877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91.8%with Democrats
of 329 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +3 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, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 329 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
5 Congresses42nd · 187145th · 187746th · 1879
Democrat · House · WV42nd–44th
Democrat · Senate · WV45th–46th
Term datesyears only to 1875 · exact from 1871