WB
William Henry Barnum
Senator from ConnecticutSENATEDEMOCRAT1867–1879ID B000166
LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 947 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 947 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1875 → 1877
still a Democrat
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 ↓18671873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
61.9%with Democrats
of 218 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −16 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6240), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6362LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 218 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
6 Congresses40th · 186745th · 1877
Democrat · House · CT40th–44th
Democrat · Senate · CT45th–45th
Term datesexact