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Shelby Moore Cullom

Senator from Illinois
SENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1913ID C000973
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 3,665 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 3,665 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1869 → 1883
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 ↓18651871187718831889189519011907
1911–1262nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.8%with Democrats
of 159 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1883, −19 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
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 28812No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 17593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 17593No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17593), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 26680No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 27475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1913H.R. 27475No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1913H.R. 26874No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1913H.R. 28180No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 159 contested votes scored in the 62nd 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

18 Congresses
39th · 186548th · 188362nd · 1911
Republican · House · IL39th–41st
Republican · Senate · IL48th–62nd
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Shelby Moore Cullom

Senator from Illinois
SENATER1865–191318 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.8%with Democrats
of 3,665 votes · 88.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 3,665 · combined
Steepest move−19 pts1869→83, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651911
1911–12 · 62nd · Republican · of 159 votes8.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 159 contested votes scored in the 62nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186562nd · 1911
Republican39th–41st
Republican48th–62nd

Party switchers

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