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Robert Ridgway

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1869–1871ID R000248
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LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 77 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 77 · 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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat under another party label
92.2%with Democrats
of 77 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
Jul 9, 1870H.R. 2045No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 24, 1870H.R. 1335No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 378), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 15, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1870S. 378No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
41st · 1869
Other party · House · VA41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Robert Ridgway

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO1869–18711 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
92.2%with Democrats
of 77 votes · 7.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested92%of 77 · combined

Career arc

10050018691869
1869–70 · 41st · Other party · of 77 votes92.2%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 77 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186941st · 1869
Other party41st–41st

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