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David Plunket Richardson
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1879–1883ID R000219
LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 357 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 357 · both combined
Steepest move
+5 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.8%with Democrats
of 122 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +5 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, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 122 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
2 Congresses46th · 187947th · 1881
Republican · House · NY46th–47th
Term datesexact