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Richard Henry Whiting

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1875–1877ID W000416
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 171 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 171 · 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 ↓1875
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.5%with Democrats
of 171 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
Mar 3, 1877S. 811No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 3798No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4617No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
44th · 1875
Republican · House · IL44th–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Richard Henry Whiting

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1875–18771 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
10.5%with Democrats
of 171 votes · 89.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 171 · combined

Career arc

10050018751875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 171 votes10.5%

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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 · 171 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187544th · 1875
Republican44th–44th

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