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Sempronius Hamilton Boyd

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1863–1871ID B000720
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 694 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 694 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1863 → 1869
the label changed
Changed parties
41st
O → 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 ↓18631869O→R · 41st
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
24.9%with Democrats
of 301 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1869, +9 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
Feb 17, 1871H.Res. 2066No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 15, 1871H.R. 2603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 14, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1871H.R. 2634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1871H.R. 2788No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 13, 1871H.R. 3011No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 301 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

2 Congresses
38th · 186341st · 1869
Other party · House · MO38th–38th
Republican · House · MO41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Sempronius Hamilton Boyd

Representative from Missouri
HOUSEO→R1863–18712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
19.9%with Democrats
of 694 votes · 80.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 694 · combined
Steepest move+9 pts1863→69, as a Republican
Changed parties41stO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18631869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 301 votes24.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 301 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186341st · 1869
Other party38th–38th
Republican41st–41st

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