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Henry Howard Starkweather

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1867–1877ID S000815
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,232 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,232 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓18671873
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 13 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −15 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
Jan 25, 1876H.R. 514No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1876H.R. 219No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 17, 1876noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 17, 1876H.R. 214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1876H.R. 214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 1876H.R. 214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1876H.R. 214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1876H.R. 214No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

5 Congresses
40th · 186744th · 1875
Republican · House · CT40th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
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Henry Howard Starkweather

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSER1867–18775 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
15.9%with Democrats
of 1,232 votes · 84.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 1,232 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1873→75, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 13 votes0%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 13 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186744th · 1875
Republican40th–44th

Party switchers

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