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Richmond Pearson Hobson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1907–1915ID H000667
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 255 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 255 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1907 → 1909
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 ↓19071913
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
71.9%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1907 → 1909, −7 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, 1915S. 4522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 19422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19422), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 17869No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1915H.R. 21491No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 16, 1915S. 5259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1915H.R. 20975No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1915H.R. 6060No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1915H.R. 20347No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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
60th · 190763rd · 1913
Democrat · House · AL60th–63rd
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
RH

Richmond Pearson Hobson

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1907–19154 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
76.9%with Democrats
of 255 votes · 23.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 255 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1907→09, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019071913
1913–14 · 63rd · Democrat · of 32 votes71.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 63rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

60th · 190763rd · 1913
Democrat60th–63rd

Party switchers

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