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Joseph Pulitzer

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1887ID P000568
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LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 4 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 4 · 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 ↓1885
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
25%with Democrats
of 4 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
Apr 8, 1886H.R. 5690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1886H.R. 5690No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 27, 1886H.R. 339No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 339), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 20, 1886S. 671No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1886noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 7, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
7 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
49th · 1885
Democrat · House · NY49th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JP

Joseph Pulitzer

Representative from New York
HOUSED1885–18871 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Democrats
of 4 votes · 75% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested25%of 4 · combined

Career arc

10050018851885
1885–86 · 49th · Democrat · of 4 votes25%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188549th · 1885
Democrat49th–49th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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