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Isaac Peckham Christiancy

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1875–1879ID C000379
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LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 390 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 390 · both combined
Steepest move
−3 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
16.9%with Democrats
of 178 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −3 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
Jan 27, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 24, 1879H.R. 4286No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 23, 1879S. 855No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 855), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Jan 17, 1879S. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1879S. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1879S. 300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1879H.R. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 16, 1879H.R. 4234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 10, 1879H.R. 5534No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

2 Congresses
44th · 187545th · 1877
Republican · Senate · MI44th–45th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Isaac Peckham Christiancy

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1875–18792 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
18.5%with Democrats
of 390 votes · 81.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested18%of 390 · combined
Steepest move−3 pts1875→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018751877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 178 votes16.9%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 178 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187545th · 1877
Republican44th–45th

Party switchers

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