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Josiah Patterson
Representative from TennesseeHOUSEDEMOCRAT1891–1897ID P000124
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 315 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 315 · both combined
Steepest move
−10 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓1891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
81.3%with Democrats
of 64 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −10 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
Mar 3, 1897H.R. 7864LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 27, 1897H.R. 10090LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1897S. 3547LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 849LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897H.R. 4808LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1897S. 3307LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 64 contested votes scored in the 54th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses52nd · 189154th · 1895
Democrat · House · TN52nd–54th
Term datesexact