CP
Clarkson Nott Potter
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1879ID P000461
LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 984 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 984 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1873 → 1877
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 ↓18691875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
60.8%with Democrats
of 143 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, −17 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 3, 1879H.R. 6462LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1879H.R. 6143LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 143 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
4 Congresses41st · 186945th · 1877
Democrat · House · NY41st–45th
Term datesexact