HR
Harry Welles Rusk
Representative from MarylandHOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1897ID R000516
LegislationHEADLINE
70%with Dems
of 362 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
70%with Dems
of 362 · both combined
Steepest move
+41 pts
1891 → 1893
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 ↓18851891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
70.6%with Democrats
of 17 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +41 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
Jan 21, 1897H.Res. 312LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1897H.Res. 320LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jan 21, 1897H.Res. 320LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 11, 1897H.R. 8189LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1896H.R. 9638LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 9, 1896H.R. 7664LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 17 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
6 Congresses49th · 188554th · 1895
Democrat · House · MD49th–54th
Term datesexact