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John Daugherty White
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1885ID W000381
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 500 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 500 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓18751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Republican
21.8%with Democrats
of 142 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, +7 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, 1885S. 2530LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8138LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 48th 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 Congresses44th · 187548th · 1883
Republican · House · KY44th–48th
Term datesexact