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Peter Johnston Otey

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1895–1903ID O000126
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 253 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 253 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1897 → 1899
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 ↓18951901
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
75%with Democrats
of 16 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −16 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
Apr 23, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 22, 1902H.R. 9059No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 18, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12765), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Apr 18, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 16, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1902H.R. 12765No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 25, 1902noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1902H.R. 10530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1902H.Res. 135No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

4 Congresses
54th · 189557th · 1901
Democrat · House · VA54th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Peter Johnston Otey

Representative from Virginia
HOUSED1895–19034 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.7%with Democrats
of 253 votes · 12.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 253 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018951901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 16 votes75%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 16 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189557th · 1901
Democrat54th–57th

Party switchers

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