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Otho Robards Singleton
Representative from MississippiHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1887ID S000445
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 1,682 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 1,682 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1875 → 1877
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
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.3%with Democrats
of 161 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +9 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 3, 1887S. 512LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 5394LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 6974LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887S. 183LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 929LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 929LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 10793LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887S. 3173LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 161 contested votes scored in the 49th 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
8 Congresses35th · 185749th · 1885
Democrat · House · MS35th–49th
Term datesexact