Francis Preston Blair Jr.

Senator from Missouri

SENATEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1857–1873ID B000523

LegislationHEADLINE

53%with Dems

of 1,066 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

53%with Dems

of 1,066 · both combined

Steepest move

+27 pts

1861 → 1863

the label changed

Changed parties

36th

I → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓185718631869I→R · 36th

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

91.2%with Democrats

of 398 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +27 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1873H.R. 3844No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873S. 1228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 398 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

6 Congresses

35th · 185736th · 185938th · 186341st · 186942nd · 1871

Independent · House · MO35th–35th

Republican · House · MO36th–37th

Other party · House · MO38th–38th

Democrat · Senate · MO41st–42nd

Term datesyears only to 1869 · exact from 1857

Francis Preston Blair Jr.

Senator from Missouri

SENATEI→R→O→D1857–18736 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

53.3%with Democrats

of 1,066 votes · 46.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested53%of 1,066 · combined

Steepest move+27 pts1861→63, under another label

Changed parties36thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18571871

1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 398 votes91.2%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 398 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185742nd · 1871

Independent35th–35th

Republican36th–37th

Other party38th–38th

Democrat41st–42nd

Other party switchers

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