BC
Burton Chauncey Cook
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEREPUBLICAN1865–1873ID C000715
LegislationHEADLINE
22%with Dems
of 1,126 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
22%with Dems
of 1,126 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓18651871
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
37.7%with Democrats
of 61 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +16 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
Apr 19, 1871H.R. 320LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 19, 1871H.R. 320LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1871S. 242LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 242), 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
Apr 18, 1871S. 242LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 18, 1871S. 178LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 17, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 15, 1871H.R. 320LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 15, 1871H.R. 320LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 61 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
4 Congresses39th · 186542nd · 1871
Republican · House · IL39th–42nd
Term datesexact