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Ambrose Arnold Ranney

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1887ID R000058
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 422 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 422 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓1881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.8%with Democrats
of 85 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +11 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
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 10793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 3050No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 512No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 512), 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, 1887H.R. 6974No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887S. 183No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10912No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1887H.R. 4833No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 85 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

3 Congresses
47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican · House · MA47th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Ambrose Arnold Ranney

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1881–18873 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.7%with Democrats
of 422 votes · 85.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 422 · combined
Steepest move+11 pts1881→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811885
1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 85 votes18.8%

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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 · 85 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188149th · 1885
Republican47th–49th

Party switchers

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