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James Alexander Dudley Richards

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1893–1895ID R000213
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 128 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 128 · 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 ↓1893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
80.5%with Democrats
of 128 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
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 4658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4658), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 5260No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 128 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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
53rd · 1893
Democrat · House · OH53rd–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
JR

James Alexander Dudley Richards

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1893–18951 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
80.5%with Democrats
of 128 votes · 19.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 128 · combined

Career arc

10050018931893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 128 votes80.5%

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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 · 128 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

53rd · 189353rd · 1893
Democrat53rd–53rd

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