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John Snyder Carlile

Senator from Virginia
SENATEOTHER PARTY1861–1865ID C000150
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LegislationHEADLINE
83%with Dems
of 416 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
83%with Dems
of 416 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1861 → 1863
under one label

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 ↓1861
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
86%with Democrats
of 172 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +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
Mar 2, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 744), 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
Mar 2, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1865H.R. 1618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1865H.R. 649No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 172 contested votes scored in the 38th 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
37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party · House · VA37th–37th
Other party · Senate · VA38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Virginia
JC

John Snyder Carlile

Senator from Virginia
SENATEO1861–18652 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
83.4%with Democrats
of 416 votes · 16.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested83%of 416 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1861→63, under another label

Career arc

10050018611863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 172 votes86%

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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 · 172 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186138th · 1863
Other party37th–37th
Other party38th–38th

Party switchers

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