Benjamin Gratz Brown

Senator from Missouri

SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1863–1867ID B000905

LegislationHEADLINE

28%with Dems

of 268 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

28%with Dems

of 268 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1863 → 1865

the label changed

Changed parties

39th

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 ↓1863O→R · 39th

1865–6639th Congress

Sat as a Republican

25.7%with Democrats

of 109 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −3 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 28, 1867H.R. 1173No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1867H.J.Res. 205No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 205), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Feb 26, 1867H.R. 1126No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1867H.R. 344No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1867H.R. 344No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1867H.R. 904No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1867H.R. 1154No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1867S. 501No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 109 contested votes scored in the 39th 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 · 186339th · 1865

Other party · Senate · MO38th–38th

Republican · Senate · MO39th–39th

Term datesexact

Benjamin Gratz Brown

Senator from Missouri

SENATEO→R1863–18672 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

27.6%with Democrats

of 268 votes · 72.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested28%of 268 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Changed parties39thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18631865

1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 109 votes25.7%

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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 · 109 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186339th · 1865

Other party38th–38th

Republican39th–39th

Other party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th