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Zachariah Chandler

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1881ID C000299
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 2,952 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 2,952 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 pts
1873 → 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 ↓1857186318691875
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
1.7%with Democrats
of 118 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1877, −17 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
Jul 1, 1879H.J.Res. 199No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1879S. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Jun 30, 1879S. 726No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879S. 671No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1879S. 671No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 46th 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

11 Congresses
35th · 185746th · 1879
Republican · Senate · MI35th–46th
Term datesyears only to 1877 · exact from 1857
Members · Michigan
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Zachariah Chandler

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1857–188111 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.7%with Democrats
of 2,952 votes · 90.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 2,952 · combined
Steepest move−17 pts1873→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571879
1879–80 · 46th · Republican · of 118 votes1.7%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 118 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185746th · 1879
Republican35th–46th

Party switchers

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