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Henry Cooper

Senator from Tennessee
SENATEDEMOCRAT1871–1877ID C000751
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 887 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 887 · both combined
Steepest move
−7 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
86.2%with Democrats
of 246 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −7 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
Mar 3, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 58), 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
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877S. 1267No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4691No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877H.R. 4680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 246 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

3 Congresses
42nd · 187144th · 1875
Democrat · Senate · TN42nd–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Tennessee
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Henry Cooper

Senator from Tennessee
SENATED1871–18773 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
90.6%with Democrats
of 887 votes · 9.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 887 · combined
Steepest move−7 pts1873→75, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018711875
1875–76 · 44th · Democrat · of 246 votes86.2%

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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 · 246 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187144th · 1875
Democrat42nd–44th

Party switchers

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