Rufus Blodgett

Senator from New Jersey

SENATEDEMOCRAT1887–1893ID B000562

LegislationHEADLINE

81%with Dems

of 311 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

81%with Dems

of 311 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1887 → 1889

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 ↓1887

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

82.6%with Democrats

of 69 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, −3 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, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3741), 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, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 69 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

50th · 188752nd · 1891

Democrat · Senate · NJ50th–52nd

Term datesexact

Rufus Blodgett

Senator from New Jersey

SENATED1887–18933 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

81.4%with Democrats

of 311 votes · 18.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested81%of 311 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1887→89, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018871891

1891–92 · 52nd · Democrat · of 69 votes82.6%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 69 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

50th · 188752nd · 1891

Democrat50th–52nd

Party switchers

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