Simeon Baldwin Chittenden

Representative from New York

HOUSEINDEPENDENT→REPUBLICAN1873–1881ID C000373

LegislationHEADLINE

17%with Dems

of 579 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

17%with Dems

of 579 · both combined

Steepest move

−14 pts

1873 → 1875

still an Independent

Changed parties

45th

I → R · first Congress under it

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 ↓18731879I→R · 45th

1879–8046th Congress

Sat as a Republican

18.1%with Democrats

of 160 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −14 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 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881S. 182No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 182), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1881S. 365No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7255No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1881noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 160 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

4 Congresses

43rd · 187345th · 187746th · 1879

Independent · House · NY43rd–44th

Republican · House · NY45th–46th

Term datesexact

Simeon Baldwin Chittenden

Representative from New York

HOUSEI→R1873–18814 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

17.1%with Democrats

of 579 votes · 82.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested17%of 579 · combined

Steepest move−14 pts1873→75, as an Independent

Changed parties45thI→R

Career arc

100500I→R18731879

1879–80 · 46th · Republican · of 160 votes18.1%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 160 contested votes scored in the 46th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187346th · 1879

Independent43rd–44th

Republican45th–46th

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