RS
Rufus Paine Spalding
Representative from OhioHOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1869ID S000697
LegislationHEADLINE
25%with Dems
of 1,165 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
25%with Dems
of 1,165 · both combined
Steepest move
+11 pts
1865 → 1867
still a Republican
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
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
35.1%with Democrats
of 382 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +11 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
Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1808LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1746LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 382 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
3 Congresses38th · 186340th · 1867
Republican · House · OH38th–40th
Term datesexact