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Martin Franklin Conway

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID C000713
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LegislationHEADLINE
33%with Dems
of 234 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
33%with Dems
of 234 · both combined
Steepest move
+28 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
38%with Democrats
of 192 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +28 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, 1863S. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 544), 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
Mar 3, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 359No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican · House · KS36th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Martin Franklin Conway

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1859–18632 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
32.9%with Democrats
of 234 votes · 67.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested33%of 234 · combined
Steepest move+28 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 192 votes38%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican36th–37th

Party switchers

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