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George Graham Vest

Senator from Missouri
SENATEDEMOCRAT1879–1903ID V000091
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 2,947 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 2,947 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1889 → 1891
still a Democrat

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 ↓1879188518911897
1901–0257th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
82.9%with Democrats
of 76 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, −14 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Feb 28, 1903H.R. 17No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1903S. 7301No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1903S. 7414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 7414), 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
Jan 21, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 6, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 6, 1903noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 24, 1902H.R. 13172No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 19, 1902H.R. 3110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1902H.R. 3110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 76 contested votes scored in the 57th 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

12 Congresses
46th · 187957th · 1901
Democrat · Senate · MO46th–57th
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
GV

George Graham Vest

Senator from Missouri
SENATED1879–190312 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
91.3%with Democrats
of 2,947 votes · 8.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 2,947 · combined
Steepest move−14 pts1889→91, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018791901
1901–02 · 57th · Democrat · of 76 votes82.9%

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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 · 76 contested votes scored in the 57th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187957th · 1901
Democrat46th–57th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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