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Alfred Moore Scales
Representative from North CarolinaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1885ID S000103
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,370 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1857 → 1875
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 ↓18571863186918751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
89.5%with Democrats
of 124 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1875, +11 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
Dec 20, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1884noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Dec 19, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 124 contested votes scored in the 48th 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 Congresses35th · 185748th · 1883
Democrat · House · NC35th–48th
Term datesexact