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John Roberts Reading
Representative from PennsylvaniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1871ID R000096
LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 110 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 110 · 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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.5%with Democrats
of 110 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 13, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 13, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 13, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Apr 11, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 11, 1870noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 8, 1870noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 31, 1870H.R. 1486LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 30, 1870H.R. 1602LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 30, 1870H.R. 1536LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 110 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
1 Congresses41st · 1869
Democrat · House · PA41st–41st
Term datesexact