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Augustus Herman Pettibone

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1887ID P000269
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 428 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 428 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.8%with Democrats
of 138 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +5 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, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 856), 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. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10912No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 138 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

3 Congresses
47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican · House · TN47th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Augustus Herman Pettibone

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSER1881–18873 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
13.6%with Democrats
of 428 votes · 86.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 428 · combined
Steepest move+5 pts1881→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811885
1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 138 votes13.8%

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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 · 138 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican47th–49th

Party switchers

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