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Daniel Edgar Sickles

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1895ID S000402
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LegislationHEADLINE
72%with Dems
of 411 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
72%with Dems
of 411 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1859 → 1893
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 ↓1857186318691875188118871893
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
48.8%with Democrats
of 43 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1893, −30 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 2, 1895S. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1895S. 15No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 21, 1895H.R. 8234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1895H.R. 5260No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1895H.J.Res. 275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

3 Congresses
35th · 185753rd · 1893
Democrat · House · NY35th–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · New York
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Daniel Edgar Sickles

Representative from New York
HOUSED1857–18953 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
71.5%with Democrats
of 411 votes · 28.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested72%of 411 · combined
Steepest move−30 pts1859→93, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 43 votes48.8%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 43 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185753rd · 1893
Democrat35th–53rd

Party switchers

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