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Nathan Fellows Dixon

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATEREPUBLICAN1883–1895ID D000377
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LegislationHEADLINE
6%with Dems
of 622 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
6%with Dems
of 622 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1883 → 1889
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 ↓18831889
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.5%with Democrats
of 201 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1883 → 1889, +3 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, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1895H.R. 8665No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 8892), 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 1, 1895H.R. 8892No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1895noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1895H.R. 8518No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 201 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

4 Congresses
48th · 188351st · 188953rd · 1893
Republican · House · RI48th–48th
Republican · Senate · RI51st–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · Rhode Island
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Nathan Fellows Dixon

Senator from Rhode Island
SENATER1883–18954 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
5.8%with Democrats
of 622 votes · 94.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested6%of 622 · combined
Steepest move+3 pts1883→89, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018831893
1893–94 · 53rd · Republican · of 201 votes5.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 201 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

48th · 188353rd · 1893
Republican48th–48th
Republican51st–53rd

Party switchers

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