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Alfred Avery Burnham

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID B001123
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 412 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 412 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.2%with Democrats
of 121 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +10 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
Feb 9, 1863H.R. 718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 6, 1863H.R. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 726), 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
Feb 5, 1863H.J.Res. 145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 5, 1863H.J.Res. 143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 4, 1863H.R. 137No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 4, 1863H.R. 714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1863H.R. 714No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 3, 1863H.R. 626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 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

2 Congresses
36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican · House · CT36th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Connecticut
AB

Alfred Avery Burnham

Representative from Connecticut
HOUSER1859–18632 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.4%with Democrats
of 412 votes · 88.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 412 · combined
Steepest move+10 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 121 votes18.2%

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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 · 121 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican36th–37th

Party switchers

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