DC
Donelson Caffery
Senator from LouisianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1891–1901ID C000016
LegislationHEADLINE
75%with Dems
of 690 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
75%with Dems
of 690 · both combined
Steepest move
−21 pts
1893 → 1895
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 ↓18911897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
69.7%with Democrats
of 66 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1893 → 1895, −21 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
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10539LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14017), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 14017LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 66 contested votes scored in the 56th 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
5 Congresses52nd · 189156th · 1899
Democrat · Senate · LA52nd–56th
Term datesexact