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Daniel Haymond Polsley

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1869ID P000418
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 399 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 399 · both combined

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 ↓1867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.8%with Democrats
of 399 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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 19, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Feb 19, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1869S. 440No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1869S. 440No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 399 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

1 Congresses
40th · 1867
Republican · House · WV40th–40th
Term datesexact
Members · West Virginia
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Daniel Haymond Polsley

Representative from West Virginia
HOUSER1867–18691 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.8%with Democrats
of 399 votes · 85.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 399 · combined

Career arc

10050018671867
1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 399 votes14.8%

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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 · 399 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186740th · 1867
Republican40th–40th

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