BH
Burt Van Horn
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1869ID V000040
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 1,075 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 1,075 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1861 → 1865
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 ↓18611867
1867–6840th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11.6%with Democrats
of 362 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1865, +4 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
Mar 3, 1869S. 845LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869S. 845LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 362 contested votes scored in the 40th 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
3 Congresses37th · 186140th · 1867
Republican · House · NY37th–40th
Term datesexact