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Alexander Hamilton Rice

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1867ID R000193
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,282 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,282 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18591865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.2%with Democrats
of 317 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +18 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 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 317 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

4 Congresses
36th · 185939th · 1865
Republican · House · MA36th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Massachusetts
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Alexander Hamilton Rice

Representative from Massachusetts
HOUSER1859–18674 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17.2%with Democrats
of 1,282 votes · 82.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,282 · combined
Steepest move+18 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591865
1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 317 votes14.2%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 317 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185939th · 1865
Republican36th–39th

Party switchers

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