WB
William Alfred Buckingham
Senator from ConnecticutSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID B001021
LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 753 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 753 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1869 → 1871
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
17.4%with Democrats
of 121 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −17 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
Jun 23, 1874H.R. 3097LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 23, 1874H.R. 435LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 23, 1874noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · 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
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Jun 22, 1874noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1874H.R. 3097LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1874S. 7LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1874S. 926LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1874S. 926LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1874H.R. 3604LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 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 · CT41st–43rd
Term datesexact