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John Seashoal Witcher
Representative from West VirginiaHOUSEREPUBLICAN1869–1871ID W000656
LegislationHEADLINE
30%with Dems
of 305 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
30%with Dems
of 305 · 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 ↓1869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.2%with Democrats
of 305 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, 1871S. 1068LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1450LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2908LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2908), 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, 1871H.R. 2524LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 305 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
1 Congresses41st · 1869
Republican · House · WV41st–41st
Term datesexact