JC
Jerome Bunty Chaffee
Senator from ColoradoSENATEREPUBLICAN1875–1879ID C000271
LegislationHEADLINE
13%with Dems
of 216 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
13%with Dems
of 216 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
13.9%with Democrats
of 165 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, +6 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
Feb 28, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6471), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 27, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1879H.R. 6145LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879H.R. 4414LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879H.R. 4414LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879H.R. 4414LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1879H.R. 4414LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 165 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses44th · 187545th · 1877
Republican · Senate · CO44th–45th
Term datesexact