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Charles Arnette Towne

Representative from New York
HOUSEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1895–1907ID T000324
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LegislationHEADLINE
67%with Dems
of 126 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
67%with Dems
of 126 · both combined
Steepest move
+58 pts
1895 → 1899
the label changed
Changed parties
56th
R → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓18951901R→D · 56th
1905–0659th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.1%with Democrats
of 41 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1899, +58 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1907H.R. 25745No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 529), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1907H.Res. 877No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

3 Congresses
54th · 189556th · 189959th · 1905
Republican · House · MN54th–54th
Democrat · Senate · MN56th–56th
Democrat · House · NY59th–59th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
CT

Charles Arnette Towne

Representative from New York
HOUSER→D1895–19073 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
66.7%with Democrats
of 126 votes · 33.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested67%of 126 · combined
Steepest move+58 pts1895→99, as a Democrat
Changed parties56thR→D

Career arc

100500R→D18951905
1905–06 · 59th · Democrat · of 41 votes95.1%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 41 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

54th · 189559th · 1905
Republican54th–54th
Democrat56th–56th
Democrat59th–59th

Other party switchers

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