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Matthew Hale Carpenter
Senator from WisconsinSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1881ID C000171
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 839 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 839 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓18691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.3%with Democrats
of 121 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −12 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
Jan 25, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 24, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 14, 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
Jan 14, 1881H.J.Res. 658LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 14, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1881H.R. 6719LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1881H.R. 6719LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1881H.R. 6719LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 13, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 121 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses41st · 186946th · 1879
Republican · Senate · WI41st–46th
Term datesexact