DB
David Colbreth Broderick
Senator from CaliforniaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID B000857
LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 491 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 491 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 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
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
0%with Democrats
of 9 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −22 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
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1859noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 8, 1859noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 9 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · CA35th–36th
Term datesexact