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Sherman Otis Houghton
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1871–1875ID H000815
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 503 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 503 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1871
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.9%with Democrats
of 272 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −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, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 3621LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4529LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875H.R. 3821LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 272 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
2 Congresses42nd · 187143rd · 1873
Republican · House · CA42nd–43rd
Term datesexact