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Abram Stevens Hewitt

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1887ID H000552
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LegislationHEADLINE
69%with Dems
of 732 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
69%with Dems
of 732 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓18751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
65.8%with Democrats
of 114 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −8 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
Dec 21, 1886H.R. 10242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1886H.R. 1406No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Dec 20, 1886S. 222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1886S. 838No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1886H.R. 5194No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1886H.R. 5194No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

5 Congresses
44th · 187549th · 1885
Democrat · House · NY44th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
AH

Abram Stevens Hewitt

Representative from New York
HOUSED1875–18875 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
69.1%with Democrats
of 732 votes · 30.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested69%of 732 · combined
Steepest move−8 pts1881→83, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 114 votes65.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 114 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187549th · 1885
Democrat44th–49th

Party switchers

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