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George Smith Houston
Senator from AlabamaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1881ID H000822
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 766 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 766 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1859 → 1879
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 ↓1857186318691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
98.6%with Democrats
of 141 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1879, +8 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
Jul 1, 1879H.J.Res. 199LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1879S. 726LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 30, 1879S. 726LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879S. 671LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1879S. 671LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 46th 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
3 Congresses35th · 185746th · 1879
Democrat · House · AL35th–36th
Democrat · Senate · AL46th–46th
Term datesexact