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Dietrich Conrad Smith

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1881–1883ID S000528
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LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 182 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 182 · 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 ↓1881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.7%with Democrats
of 182 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, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7482No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883S. 2046No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 182 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
47th · 1881
Republican · House · IL47th–47th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Dietrich Conrad Smith

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1881–18831 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
13.7%with Democrats
of 182 votes · 86.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested14%of 182 · combined

Career arc

10050018811881
1881–82 · 47th · Republican · of 182 votes13.7%

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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 · 182 contested votes scored in the 47th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188147th · 1881
Republican47th–47th

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