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Orville Hickman Browning

Senator from Illinois
SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1863ID B000960
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LegislationHEADLINE
46%with Dems
of 206 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
46%with Dems
of 206 · 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 Republican
45.6%with Democrats
of 206 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
Jan 28, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 28, 1863H.R. 649No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 28, 1863H.R. 610No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 610), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jan 28, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1863H.R. 591No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 206 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
Republican · Senate · IL37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Orville Hickman Browning

Senator from Illinois
SENATER1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
45.6%with Democrats
of 206 votes · 54.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested46%of 206 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 206 votes45.6%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 206 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
Republican37th–37th

Party switchers

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