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Ralph Plumb

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1889ID P000390
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 262 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 262 · both combined
Steepest move
−6 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.8%with Democrats
of 105 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −6 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 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12571No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 12008), 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 2, 1889H.R. 12008No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1889S. 2851No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1889S. 2511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889H.R. 1368No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889H.R. 11651No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 105 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican · House · IL49th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
RP

Ralph Plumb

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1885–18892 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.3%with Democrats
of 262 votes · 92.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 262 · combined
Steepest move−6 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851887
1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 105 votes3.8%

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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 · 105 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican49th–50th

Party switchers

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