Henry Laurens Dawes

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1893ID D000148

LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Dems

of 5,362 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

13%with Dems

of 5,362 · both combined

Steepest move

+15 pts

1859 → 1861

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 ↓185718631869187518811887

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.8%with Democrats

of 74 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +15 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, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 3741), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 9612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10238No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10349No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893H.R. 10331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

35th · 185744th · 187552nd · 1891

Republican · House · MA35th–43rd

Republican · Senate · MA44th–52nd

Term datesexact

Henry Laurens Dawes

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER1857–189318 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13%with Democrats

of 5,362 votes · 87% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested13%of 5,362 · combined

Steepest move+15 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571891

1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 74 votes10.8%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 74 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185752nd · 1891

Republican35th–43rd

Republican44th–52nd

Party switchers

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