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George Helm Yeaman

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1861–1865ID Y000015
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LegislationHEADLINE
81%with Dems
of 395 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
81%with Dems
of 395 · both combined
Steepest move
−25 pts
1861 → 1863
under one label

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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
70.3%with Democrats
of 229 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −25 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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

2 Congresses
37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party · House · KY37th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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George Helm Yeaman

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO1861–18652 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
80.8%with Democrats
of 395 votes · 19.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested81%of 395 · combined
Steepest move−25 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 229 votes70.3%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party37th–38th

Party switchers

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