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Brutus Junius Clay

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEOTHER PARTY1863–1865ID C000479
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LegislationHEADLINE
86%with Dems
of 209 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
86%with Dems
of 209 · both combined

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 ↓1863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat under another party label
86.1%with Democrats
of 209 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1865H.R. 649No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 649), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 1, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 804No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 804No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 800No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 802No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1865H.R. 772No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

1 Congresses
38th · 1863
Other party · House · KY38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
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Brutus Junius Clay

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEO1863–18651 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
86.1%with Democrats
of 209 votes · 13.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested86%of 209 · combined

Career arc

10050018631863
1863–64 · 38th · Other party · of 209 votes86.1%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186338th · 1863
Other party38th–38th

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