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Charles Miller Shelley

Representative from Alabama
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1877–1885ID S000326
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LegislationHEADLINE
85%with Dems
of 634 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
85%with Dems
of 634 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓18771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.7%with Democrats
of 81 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −16 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 19, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5461), 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
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1884H.R. 5461No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1884noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 15, 1884H.R. 1457No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 81 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

4 Congresses
45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat · House · AL45th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Alabama
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Charles Miller Shelley

Representative from Alabama
HOUSED1877–18854 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
84.7%with Democrats
of 634 votes · 15.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested85%of 634 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018771883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 81 votes82.7%

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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 · 81 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat45th–48th

Party switchers

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