George Sewel Boutwell

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN1863–1877ID B000674

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,654 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,654 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 pts

1869 → 1873

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 ↓186318691875

1875–7644th Congress

Sat as a Republican

7.6%with Democrats

of 210 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1873, +16 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, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1877S. 1267No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4691), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1877S. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1877S. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 210 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

38th · 186343rd · 187344th · 1875

Republican · House · MA38th–41st

Republican · Senate · MA43rd–44th

Term datesexact

George Sewel Boutwell

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER1863–18776 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.7%with Democrats

of 1,654 votes · 88.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,654 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1869→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631875

1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 210 votes7.6%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 210 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186344th · 1875

Republican38th–41st

Republican43rd–44th

Party switchers

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