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Harrison Holt Riddleberger

Senator from Virginia
SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1883–1889ID R000241
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 413 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 413 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1885 → 1887
still a Republican
Changed parties
49th
O → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓1883O→R · 49th
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 93 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −30 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, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889S.J.Res. 12No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 12), 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
Mar 2, 1889S. 139No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 11, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 11, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 93 contested votes scored in the 50th 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

3 Congresses
48th · 188349th · 188550th · 1887
Other party · Senate · VA48th–48th
Republican · Senate · VA49th–50th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Harrison Holt Riddleberger

Senator from Virginia
SENATEO→R1883–18893 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
33.4%with Democrats
of 413 votes · 66.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 413 · combined
Steepest move−30 pts1885→87, as a Republican
Changed parties49thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18831887
1887–88 · 50th · Republican · of 93 votes15.1%

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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 · 93 contested votes scored in the 50th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188350th · 1887
Other party48th–48th
Republican49th–50th

Other party switchers

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