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Emory Speer
Representative from GeorgiaHOUSEINDEPENDENT1879–1883ID S000711
LegislationHEADLINE
68%with Dems
of 364 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
68%with Dems
of 364 · both combined
Steepest move
−36 pts
1879 → 1881
still an Independent
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 ↓1879
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as an Independent
46%with Democrats
of 137 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −36 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, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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 2, 1883H.R. 7314LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 7049LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 137 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
2 Congresses46th · 187947th · 1881
Independent · House · GA46th–47th
Term datesexact