AB
Albert Gallatin Brown
Senator from MississippiSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID B000900
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 619 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 619 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 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
66.5%with Democrats
of 200 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −15 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 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Jan 5, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 21, 1860S. 377LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1860H.R. 338LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 11, 1860H.R. 338LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 200 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 · MS35th–36th
Term datesexact