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Harry Libbey

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1883–1887ID L000298
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 218 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 218 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1883 → 1885
the label changed
Changed parties
49th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1883O→R · 49th
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.6%with Democrats
of 97 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +8 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3050), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10912No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
48th · 188349th · 1885
Other party · House · VA48th–48th
Republican · House · VA49th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
HL

Harry Libbey

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO→R1883–18872 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.1%with Democrats
of 218 votes · 83.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 218 · combined
Steepest move+8 pts1883→85, as a Republican
Changed parties49thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18831885
1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 97 votes20.6%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 97 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188349th · 1885
Other party48th–48th
Republican49th–49th

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