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Robert Cumming Schenck

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1871ID S000118
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,430 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,430 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1867 → 1869
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
14.3%with Democrats
of 237 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, −3 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
Dec 19, 1870H.J.Res. 428No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 16, 1870H.R. 2538No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 13, 1870S.J.Res. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 11), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Dec 12, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 12, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 8, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1870S.Res. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1870S.Res. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 6, 1870S.Res. 11No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 237 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 · OH38th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Robert Cumming Schenck

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1863–18714 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
16.4%with Democrats
of 1,430 votes · 83.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 1,430 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 237 votes14.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 237 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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