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John Ritchie

Representative from Maryland
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1871–1873ID R000275
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LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 235 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 235 · 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 ↓1871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
83.8%with Democrats
of 235 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 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 235 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
42nd · 1871
Democrat · House · MD42nd–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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John Ritchie

Representative from Maryland
HOUSED1871–18731 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.8%with Democrats
of 235 votes · 16.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested84%of 235 · combined

Career arc

10050018711871
1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 235 votes83.8%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 235 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187142nd · 1871
Democrat42nd–42nd

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