JB
Jesse David Bright
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID B000835
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 650 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 650 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93%with Democrats
of 71 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +10 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
Jan 31, 1862S.J.Res. 38LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 30, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1862S. 89LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 89), 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
Jan 24, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 22, 1862H.R. 219LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1862S.J.Res. 34LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 15, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 71 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · IN35th–37th
Term datesexact