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Daniel Hadley Sumner

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1883–1885ID S001070
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LegislationHEADLINE
80%with Dems
of 123 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
80%with Dems
of 123 · 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 ↓1883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
79.7%with Democrats
of 123 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 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8239No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
48th · 1883
Democrat · House · WI48th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Daniel Hadley Sumner

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSED1883–18851 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
79.7%with Democrats
of 123 votes · 20.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested80%of 123 · combined

Career arc

10050018831883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 123 votes79.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 123 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188348th · 1883
Democrat48th–48th

Party switchers

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