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John Simpson Savage

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1875–1877ID S000084
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 190 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 190 · 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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.4%with Democrats
of 190 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, 1877S. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 34No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 34), 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
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877S. 407No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 190 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
44th · 1875
Democrat · House · OH44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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John Simpson Savage

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.4%with Democrats
of 190 votes · 21.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 190 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 190 votes78.4%

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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 · 190 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Democrat44th–44th

Party switchers

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