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Elijah Conner Phister

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1879–1883ID P000318
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 391 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 391 · both combined
Steepest move
−5 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.8%with Democrats
of 125 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −5 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 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7631No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5538), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1883H.R. 7595No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 19, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 125 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
46th · 187947th · 1881
Democrat · House · KY46th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Elijah Conner Phister

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1879–18832 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
92.1%with Democrats
of 391 votes · 7.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 391 · combined
Steepest move−5 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791881
1881–82 · 47th · Democrat · of 125 votes88.8%

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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 · 125 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187947th · 1881
Democrat46th–47th

Party switchers

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