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Giles Waldo Hotchkiss

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1871ID H000808
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 863 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 863 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1863 → 1865
still a Republican

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 ↓18631869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
14%with Democrats
of 250 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −3 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, 1871H.R. 2908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2524), 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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 250 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

3 Congresses
38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican · House · NY38th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · New York
GH

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss

Representative from New York
HOUSER1863–18713 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
14.5%with Democrats
of 863 votes · 85.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 863 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 250 votes14%

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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 · 250 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican38th–41st

Party switchers

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