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John Herman George Vehslage

Representative from New York
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1897–1899ID V000080
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 58 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 58 · both combined

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 ↓1897
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.2%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Dec 19, 1898S. 4080No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1898S. 95No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 30, 1898H.R. 10807No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jun 29, 1898H.R. 6149No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 29, 1898S. 3277No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 10, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

1 Congresses
55th · 1897
Democrat · House · NY55th–55th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
JV

John Herman George Vehslage

Representative from New York
HOUSED1897–18991 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.2%with Democrats
of 58 votes · 13.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 58 · combined

Career arc

10050018971897
1897–98 · 55th · Democrat · of 58 votes86.2%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189755th · 1897
Democrat55th–55th

Party switchers

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