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Ambrose Everett Burnside
Senator from Rhode IslandSENATEREPUBLICAN1875–1883ID B001130
LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 991 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 991 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓18751881
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
3.9%with Democrats
of 154 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −9 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
May 20, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 20, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 20, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
May 19, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 17, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 17, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
May 16, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 16, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 12, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 154 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
4 Congresses44th · 187547th · 1881
Republican · Senate · RI44th–47th
Term datesexact