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Allen Potter

Representative from Michigan
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1877ID P000459
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 200 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 200 · 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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
22%with Democrats
of 200 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
Mar 3, 1877S. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 200 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
44th · 1875
Democrat · House · MI44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Allen Potter

Representative from Michigan
HOUSED1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Democrats
of 200 votes · 78% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested22%of 200 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 200 votes22%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 200 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Democrat44th–44th

Party switchers

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