GH
Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt
Representative from AlabamaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1885ID H000553
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 758 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 758 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 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
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.2%with Democrats
of 189 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −13 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, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), 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, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 189 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
4 Congresses44th · 187548th · 1883
Democrat · House · AL44th–48th
Term datesexact