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Haywood Yancey Riddle

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1879ID R000240
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LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 416 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 416 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1875 → 1877
still a Democrat

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 ↓1875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.2%with Democrats
of 189 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +2 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Dec 16, 1878H.R. 5257No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1878H.R. 3547No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3547), 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
Dec 10, 1878H.R. 5312No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 9, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1878H.R. 201No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1878noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1878H.R. 4399No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 189 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

2 Congresses
44th · 187545th · 1877
Democrat · House · TN44th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Haywood Yancey Riddle

Representative from Tennessee
HOUSED1875–18792 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Democrats
of 416 votes · 7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested93%of 416 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1875→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751877
1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 189 votes94.2%

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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 · 189 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187545th · 1877
Democrat44th–45th

Party switchers

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