Edgar Cowan

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1867ID C000819

LegislationHEADLINE

55%with Dems

of 607 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

55%with Dems

of 607 · both combined

Steepest move

+25 pts

1861 → 1863

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 ↓1861

1865–6639th Congress

Sat as a Republican

84.3%with Democrats

of 134 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +25 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 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 859), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

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Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1867H.R. 1176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1867H.R. 1176No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1867H.R. 1161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 134 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

37th · 186139th · 1865

Republican · Senate · PA37th–39th

Term datesexact

Edgar Cowan

Senator from Pennsylvania

SENATER1861–18673 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

54.7%with Democrats

of 607 votes · 45.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested55%of 607 · combined

Steepest move+25 pts1861→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611865

1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 134 votes84.3%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 134 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865

Republican37th–39th

Party switchers

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