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David Davis
Senator from IllinoisSENATEINDEPENDENT1877–1883ID D000097
LegislationHEADLINE
46%with Dems
of 982 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
46%with Dems
of 982 · both combined
Steepest move
−19 pts
1879 → 1881
still an Independent
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 ↓1877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as an Independent
37.6%with Democrats
of 482 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −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
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883H.R. 4757LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7595LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7595LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 482 contested votes scored in the 47th 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
3 Congresses45th · 187747th · 1881
Independent · Senate · IL45th–47th
Term datesexact