HB
Henry Cornelius Burnett
Representative from KentuckyHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID B001120
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 660 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 660 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 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
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.9%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +4 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
Feb 28, 1862H.R. 125LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 3, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Aug 3, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 3, 1861S. 44LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 2, 1861H.R. 54LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 2, 1861S. 25LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 1, 1861S. 41LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · House · KY35th–37th
Term datesexact