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Green Clay Smith

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1863–1867ID S000544
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LegislationHEADLINE
43%with Dems
of 402 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
43%with Dems
of 402 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 pts
1863 → 1865
under one label

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 ↓1863
1865–6639th Congress
Sat under another party label
43.7%with Democrats
of 119 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +1 pts — within one party label.
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
Jul 17, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 11, 1866S. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 11, 1866S. 357No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 357), 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
Jul 9, 1866S. 138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1866H.R. 513No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 3, 1866noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 2, 1866H.R. 275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 2, 1866H.R. 275No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 27, 1866H.R. 513No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 119 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

2 Congresses
38th · 186339th · 1865
Other party · House · KY38th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Green Clay Smith

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO1863–18672 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
43.3%with Democrats
of 402 votes · 56.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested43%of 402 · combined
Steepest move+1 pts1863→65, under another label

Career arc

10050018631865
1865–66 · 39th · Other party · of 119 votes43.7%

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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 · 119 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186339th · 1865
Other party38th–39th

Party switchers

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