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Nathan Fellows Dixon

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1871ID D000375
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,208 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,208 · both combined
Steepest move
+13 pts
1865 → 1867
still a Republican

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 ↓18631869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.6%with Democrats
of 257 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +13 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, 1871H.R. 2524No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S.J.Res. 187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871S. 647No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 647), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1871S. 969No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 2994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 1705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1871H.J.Res. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 257 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

4 Congresses
38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican · House · RI38th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Nathan Fellows Dixon

Representative from Rhode Island
HOUSER1863–18714 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.2%with Democrats
of 1,208 votes · 83.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 1,208 · combined
Steepest move+13 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 257 votes15.6%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 257 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186341st · 1869
Republican38th–41st

Party switchers

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