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Hendrick Bradley Wright

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEDEMOCRAT→OTHER PARTY1861–1881ID W000761
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LegislationHEADLINE
78%with Dems
of 657 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
78%with Dems
of 657 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1877 → 1879
the label changed
Changed parties
46th
D → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1861186718731879D→O · 46th
1879–8046th Congress
Sat under another party label
72.8%with Democrats
of 235 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −9 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 235 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

3 Congresses
37th · 186146th · 1879
Democrat · House · PA37th–45th
Other party · House · PA46th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Hendrick Bradley Wright

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSED→O1861–18813 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
78.4%with Democrats
of 657 votes · 21.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested78%of 657 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1877→79, under another label
Changed parties46thD→O

Career arc

100500D→O18611879
1879–80 · 46th · Other party · of 235 votes72.8%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 235 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186146th · 1879
Democrat37th–45th
Other party46th–46th

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