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Freeman Tulley Knowles

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1897–1899ID K000293
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 100 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 100 · both combined

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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat under another party label
90%with Democrats
of 100 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899H.R. 11882No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Mar 1, 1899H.R. 4936No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1899H.R. 12122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1899noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1899H.R. 12125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1899S. 460No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1899H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

1 Congresses
55th · 1897
Other party · House · SD55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · South Dakota
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Freeman Tulley Knowles

Representative from South Dakota
HOUSEO1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Democrats
of 100 votes · 10% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 100 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Other party · of 100 votes90%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Other party55th–55th

Party switchers

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