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Jonathan Chace

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEREPUBLICAN1881–1891ID C000267
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LegislationHEADLINE
8%with Dems
of 659 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
8%with Dems
of 659 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓18811887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −15 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 7, 1889noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
1 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

5 Congresses
47th · 188149th · 188551st · 1889
Republican · House · RI47th–48th
Republican · Senate · RI49th–51st
Term datesyears only to 1883 · exact from 1881
Members · Rhode Island
JC

Jonathan Chace

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATER1881–18915 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
7.9%with Democrats
of 659 votes · 92.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested8%of 659 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018811889
1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 1 votes0%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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.
Latest 1 shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

47th · 188151st · 1889
Republican47th–48th
Republican49th–51st

Party switchers

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