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Portus Baxter

Representative from Vermont
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1867ID B000246
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,187 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,187 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
11%with Democrats
of 392 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, −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
Mar 2, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 392 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

3 Congresses
37th · 186139th · 1865
Republican · House · VT37th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
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Portus Baxter

Representative from Vermont
HOUSER1861–18673 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.7%with Democrats
of 1,187 votes · 88.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 1,187 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1861→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611865
1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 392 votes11%

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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 · 392 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865
Republican37th–39th

Party switchers

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