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Joseph Eggleston Segar

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1863ID S000227
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LegislationHEADLINE
55%with Dems
of 203 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
55%with Dems
of 203 · 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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
55.2%with Democrats
of 203 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, 1863S. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 481), 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
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
37th · 1861
Other party · House · VA37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
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Joseph Eggleston Segar

Representative from Virginia
HOUSEO1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
55.2%with Democrats
of 203 votes · 44.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested55%of 203 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 203 votes55.2%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Other party37th–37th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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