RC
Roscoe Conkling
Senator from New YorkSENATEREPUBLICAN1859–1883ID C000681
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 2,941 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 2,941 · both combined
Steepest move
−22 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓1859186518711877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0.8%with Democrats
of 122 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −22 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
May 12, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 11, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 6, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
May 6, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 6, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
May 5, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 4, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
May 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
May 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 122 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
11 Congresses36th · 185940th · 186747th · 1881
Republican · House · NY36th–39th
Republican · Senate · NY40th–47th
Term datesexact