Newton Booth

Senator from California

SENATEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1875–1881ID B000630

LegislationHEADLINE

29%with Dems

of 811 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

29%with Dems

of 811 · both combined

Steepest move

−9 pts

1877 → 1879

still a Republican

Changed parties

45th

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 ↓1875I→R · 45th

1879–8046th Congress

Sat as a Republican

20.9%with Democrats

of 282 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −9 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 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7251No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 282 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

44th · 187545th · 187746th · 1879

Independent · Senate · CA44th–44th

Republican · Senate · CA45th–46th

Term datesexact

Newton Booth

Senator from California

SENATEI→R1875–18813 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

29%with Democrats

of 811 votes · 71% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested29%of 811 · combined

Steepest move−9 pts1877→79, as a Republican

Changed parties45thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18751879

1879–80 · 46th · Republican · of 282 votes20.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 282 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187546th · 1879

Independent44th–44th

Republican45th–46th

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