AB
Asa Biggs
Senator from North CarolinaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1859ID B000456
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 148 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 148 · both combined
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 ↓1857
1857–5835th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.6%with Democrats
of 148 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
May 3, 1858H.R. 5LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1858H.R. 5LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1858noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
May 3, 1858noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 3, 1858noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1858noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1858H.R. 306LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1858noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 30, 1858S. 161LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 148 contested votes scored in the 35th 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
1 Congresses35th · 1857
Democrat · Senate · NC35th–35th
Term datesexact