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Robert McCarty Knapp
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1873–1879ID K000281
LegislationHEADLINE
89%with Dems
of 420 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
89%with Dems
of 420 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1873 → 1877
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
91%with Democrats
of 155 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, +3 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 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6500LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879S. 238LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1879H.R. 6143LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 155 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Democrat · House · IL43rd–45th
Term datesexact