SB
Silas Mainville Burroughs
Representative from New YorkHOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1861ID B001139
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 234 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 234 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.1%with Democrats
of 55 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −4 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
Apr 5, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1860H.R. 7LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 5, 1860H.R. 7LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7), 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
Apr 5, 1860H.R. 7LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 4, 1860H.R. 5LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 29, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 26, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 55 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Republican · House · NY35th–36th
Term datesexact