Oscar Turner

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→DEMOCRAT→INDEPENDENT1879–1885ID T000425

LegislationHEADLINE

94%with Dems

of 725 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

94%with Dems

of 725 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1879 → 1881

the label changed

Changed parties

47th

I → 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 ↓1879I→D · 47th

1883–8448th Congress

Sat as an Independent

91.8%with Democrats

of 195 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −3 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 3, 1885S. 2530No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8138), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 195 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

3 Congresses

46th · 187947th · 188148th · 1883

Independent · House · KY46th–46th

Democrat · House · KY47th–47th

Independent · House · KY48th–48th

Term datesexact

Oscar Turner

Representative from Kentucky

HOUSEI→D→I1879–18853 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

93.9%with Democrats

of 725 votes · 6.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested94%of 725 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1879→81, as a Democrat

Changed parties47thI→D

Career arc

100500I→D18791883

1883–84 · 48th · Independent · of 195 votes91.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 195 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187948th · 1883

Independent46th–46th

Democrat47th–47th

Independent48th–48th

Other party switchers

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