OA
Oakes Ames
Representative from MassachusettsHOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1873ID A000175
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,615 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,615 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1863 → 1865
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
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 168 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +6 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 1, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2991), 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 1, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873H.R. 2991LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1873noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1873H.R. 3922LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 168 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
5 Congresses38th · 186342nd · 1871
Republican · House · MA38th–42nd
Term datesexact