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John Cabell Breckinridge

Senator from Kentucky
SENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1863ID B000789
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LegislationHEADLINE
95%with Dems
of 65 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
95%with Dems
of 65 · both combined

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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.4%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Aug 6, 1861S.J.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861S. 72No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861S. 69No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · KY37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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John Cabell Breckinridge

Senator from Kentucky
SENATED1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
95.4%with Democrats
of 65 votes · 4.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested95%of 65 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 65 votes95.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Democrat37th–37th

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