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Matthew Stanley Quay

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATEREPUBLICAN1887–1905ID Q000006
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 916 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 916 · both combined
Steepest move
+42 pts
1899 → 1901
still a Republican

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 ↓188718931899
1903–0458th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 8 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1899 → 1901, +42 pts — within one party label.
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 12, 1904H.R. 13521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 23, 1904H.R. 12684No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 18, 1904noneNo 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
Mar 15, 1904H.R. 12446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 15, 1904H.R. 12446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 15, 1904H.R. 12446No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 12, 1904noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1903H.R. 1921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
8 most recent roll calls shown · 8 contested votes scored in the 58th 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

9 Congresses
50th · 188758th · 1903
Republican · Senate · PA50th–58th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Matthew Stanley Quay

Senator from Pennsylvania
SENATER1887–19059 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.3%with Democrats
of 916 votes · 83.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 916 · combined
Steepest move+42 pts1899→01, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018871903
1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 8 votes12.5%

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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 · 8 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188758th · 1903
Republican50th–58th

Party switchers

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