RV
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1865ID V000061
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 622 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 622 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Republican
14.6%with Democrats
of 371 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +6 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, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865S. 207LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865S. 62LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 62), 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, 1865H.R. 683LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 170LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 761LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 371 contested votes scored in the 38th 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 Congresses37th · 186138th · 1863
Republican · House · NY37th–38th
Term datesexact