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Romulus Zachariah Linney

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1895–1901ID L000339
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LegislationHEADLINE
24%with Dems
of 273 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
24%with Dems
of 273 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1895 → 1897
still a Republican

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
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.3%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, −17 pts — within one party label.
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 1, 1901H.R. 14017No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9829), 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
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1901S. 2799No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 18, 1901H.R. 8917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

3 Congresses
54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican · House · NC54th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Romulus Zachariah Linney

Representative from North Carolina
HOUSER1895–19013 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
24.2%with Democrats
of 273 votes · 75.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested24%of 273 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1895→97, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018951899
1899–1900 · 56th · Republican · of 68 votes10.3%

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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 · 68 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189556th · 1899
Republican54th–56th

Party switchers

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