WB
William Gannaway Brownlow
Senator from TennesseeSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID B000963
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 370 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 370 · both combined
Steepest move
+21 pts
1871 → 1873
still a Republican
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 ↓1869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
31%with Democrats
of 29 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +21 pts — within one party label.
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 2, 1875H.R. 3341LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 28, 1874noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 14, 1874H.R. 1572LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1572), 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
Apr 6, 1874S. 617LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 2, 1874S. 617LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 26, 1874S. 617LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 26, 1874S. 617LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1874noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 20, 1874S. 432LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 29 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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 Congresses41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican · Senate · TN41st–43rd
Term datesexact