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Eppa Hunton

Senator from Virginia
SENATEDEMOCRAT1873–1895ID H000999
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 1,346 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 1,346 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1879 → 1891
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 ↓1873187918851891
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.1%with Democrats
of 329 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1891, −17 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 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895S. 1620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1620), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 329 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

6 Congresses
43rd · 187352nd · 189153rd · 1893
Democrat · House · VA43rd–46th
Democrat · Senate · VA52nd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
EH

Eppa Hunton

Senator from Virginia
SENATED1873–18956 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.3%with Democrats
of 1,346 votes · 9.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 1,346 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1879→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018731893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 329 votes89.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 329 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187353rd · 1893
Democrat43rd–46th
Democrat52nd–53rd

Party switchers

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