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Jacob D. Leighty

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1897ID L000233
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 96 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 96 · 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 ↓1895
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.9%with Democrats
of 96 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, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897H.R. 7422No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10090), 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
Feb 27, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 4808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897H.R. 10329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1897noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 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

1 Congresses
54th · 1895
Republican · House · IN54th–54th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
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Jacob D. Leighty

Representative from Indiana
HOUSER1895–18971 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
21.9%with Democrats
of 96 votes · 78.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 96 · combined

Career arc

10050018951895
1895–96 · 54th · Republican · of 96 votes21.9%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 54th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189554th · 1895
Republican54th–54th

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