ZC
Zachariah Chandler
Senator from MichiganSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1881ID C000299
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. 199LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 1, 1879S. 726LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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. 726LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879S. 671LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 30, 1879S. 671LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 30, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 118 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
11 Congresses35th · 185746th · 1879
Republican · Senate · MI35th–46th
Term datesyears only to 1877 · exact from 1857