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Adelbert Ames
Senator from MississippiSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID A000172
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 626 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 626 · both combined
Steepest move
−8 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.3%with Democrats
of 19 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −8 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, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 19, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
YEASided with the Republican majority
Dec 18, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 18, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 17, 1873H.R. 481LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 17, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Dec 16, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 19 contested votes scored in the 43rd CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican · Senate · MS41st–43rd
Term datesexact