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John Godfrey Schumaker
Representative from New YorkHOUSEDEMOCRAT1869–1877ID S000147
LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 449 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 449 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1869 → 1873
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 ↓18691875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.1%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1873, −4 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
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · 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
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
3 Congresses41st · 186944th · 1875
Democrat · House · NY41st–44th
Term datesexact