Erastus Corning

Representative from New York

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID C000784

LegislationHEADLINE

77%with Dems

of 484 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

77%with Dems

of 484 · both combined

Steepest move

+13 pts

1857 → 1861

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 ↓1857

1861–6237th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

84.7%with Democrats

of 196 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1857 → 1861, +13 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 2, 1863H.R. 768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1863H.R. 770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1863H.R. 770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 770), 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

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Feb 28, 1863H.R. 770No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1863S. 515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1863H.R. 659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1863H.R. 659No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1863S. 515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 26, 1863S. 515No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 196 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

35th · 185737th · 1861

Democrat · House · NY35th–37th

Term datesexact

Erastus Corning

Representative from New York

HOUSED1857–18632 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

77.1%with Democrats

of 484 votes · 22.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested77%of 484 · combined

Steepest move+13 pts1857→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571861

1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 196 votes84.7%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 196 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861

Democrat35th–37th

Party switchers

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