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George Gifford Symes
Representative from ColoradoHOUSEREPUBLICAN1885–1889ID S001133
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 206 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 206 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓1885
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.6%with Democrats
of 87 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −0 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
Feb 16, 1889S. 169LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 15, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 185), 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
Feb 14, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1889S. 185LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1889S. 2547LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 87 contested votes scored in the 50th 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 Congresses49th · 188550th · 1887
Republican · House · CO49th–50th
Term datesexact