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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

Representative from Texas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1897ID H001007
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 123 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 123 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1893
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88%with Democrats
of 25 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −7 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
Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 12, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8189), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1896H.R. 903No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1896H.R. 9638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1896noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 15, 1896S. 1832No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 54th 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

2 Congresses
53rd · 189354th · 1895
Democrat · House · TX53rd–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Texas
JH

Joseph Chappell Hutcheson

Representative from Texas
HOUSED1893–18972 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93.5%with Democrats
of 123 votes · 6.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 123 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1893→95, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018931895
1895–96 · 54th · Democrat · of 25 votes88%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189354th · 1895
Democrat53rd–54th

Party switchers

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