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Joshua Hill

Senator from Georgia
SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1857–1873ID H000599
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LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 839 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 839 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1857 → 1859
under one label
Changed parties
41st
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓185718631869O→R · 41st
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
67%with Democrats
of 352 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +21 pts — within one party label.
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, 1873H.R. 3844No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 1872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873S. 1228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 352 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

4 Congresses
35th · 185741st · 186942nd · 1871
Other party · House · GA35th–36th
Republican · Senate · GA41st–42nd
Term datesyears only to 1869 · exact from 1857
Members · Georgia
JH

Joshua Hill

Senator from Georgia
SENATEO→R1857–18734 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Democrats
of 839 votes · 35% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested65%of 839 · combined
Steepest move+21 pts1857→59, under another label
Changed parties41stO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18571871
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 352 votes67%

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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 · 352 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185742nd · 1871
Other party35th–36th
Republican41st–42nd

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