RP
Rufus King Polk
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1899–1903ID P000410
LegislationHEADLINE
73%with Dems
of 55 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
73%with Dems
of 55 · both combined
Steepest move
+29 pts
1899 → 1901
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 ↓1899
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 4 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +29 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
Feb 17, 1902H.R. 10530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 17, 1902H.Res. 135LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 17, 1902H.Res. 135LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 135), 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
Jan 9, 1902H.R. 3110LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 18, 1901H.R. 5833LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1901noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 2, 1901noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
7 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 57th 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
2 Congresses56th · 189957th · 1901
Democrat · House · PA56th–57th
Term datesexact