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Orlando Brunson Potter

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1885ID P000466
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LegislationHEADLINE
42%with Dems
of 151 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
42%with Dems
of 151 · 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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
41.7%with Democrats
of 151 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, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), 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 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 151 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
48th · 1883
Democrat · House · NY48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Orlando Brunson Potter

Representative from New York
HOUSED1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
41.7%with Democrats
of 151 votes · 58.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested42%of 151 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 151 votes41.7%

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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 · 151 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Democrat48th–48th

Party switchers

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