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Hart Benton Holton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1883–1885ID H000751
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 73 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 73 · both combined

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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

1 Congresses
48th · 1883
Republican · House · MD48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
HH

Hart Benton Holton

Representative from Maryland
HOUSER1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.1%with Democrats
of 73 votes · 84.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 73 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Republican · of 73 votes15.1%

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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 · 73 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Republican48th–48th

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