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Francis Wayland Palmer

Representative from Iowa
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1873ID P000038
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 659 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 659 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.5%with Democrats
of 313 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +1 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 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), 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, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 313 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
41st · 186942nd · 1871
Republican · House · IA41st–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Iowa
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Francis Wayland Palmer

Representative from Iowa
HOUSER1869–18732 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.9%with Democrats
of 659 votes · 89.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 659 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691871
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 313 votes11.5%

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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 · 313 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186942nd · 1871
Republican41st–42nd

Party switchers

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