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Seth Hartman Yocum

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1879–1881ID Y000019
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LegislationHEADLINE
43%with Dems
of 180 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
43%with Dems
of 180 · 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 ↓1879
1879–8046th Congress
Sat under another party label
43.3%with Democrats
of 180 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, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7255), 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, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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 recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881H.R. 4592No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 180 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

1 Congresses
46th · 1879
Other party · House · PA46th–46th
Term datesexact
Members · Pennsylvania
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Seth Hartman Yocum

Representative from Pennsylvania
HOUSEO1879–18811 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
43.3%with Democrats
of 180 votes · 56.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested43%of 180 · combined

Career arc

10050018791879
1879–80 · 46th · Other party · of 180 votes43.3%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
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Latest 6 shown · 180 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187946th · 1879
Other party46th–46th

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