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Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.
Senator from AlabamaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID C000480
LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 530 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 530 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
97.3%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +8 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 10, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
May 25, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · AL35th–36th
Term datesexact