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Omar Dwight Conger

Senator from Michigan
SENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1887ID C000678
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 3,249 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 3,249 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1883 → 1885
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 ↓186918751881
1885–8649th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16%with Democrats
of 263 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1885, +7 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, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 2441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 1162No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 1162), 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
Mar 3, 1887S. 531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 763No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887S. 856No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11028No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1887H.R. 38No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 263 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

9 Congresses
41st · 186947th · 188149th · 1885
Republican · House · MI41st–46th
Republican · Senate · MI47th–49th
Term datesexact
Members · Michigan
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Omar Dwight Conger

Senator from Michigan
SENATER1869–18879 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.8%with Democrats
of 3,249 votes · 90.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 3,249 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1883→85, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018691885
1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 263 votes16%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 263 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186949th · 1885
Republican41st–46th
Republican47th–49th

Party switchers

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