James Rood Doolittle

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1869ID D000428

LegislationHEADLINE

30%with Dems

of 1,708 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

30%with Dems

of 1,708 · both combined

Steepest move

+44 pts

1863 → 1865

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 ↓18571863

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

88%with Democrats

of 209 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +44 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, 1869H.R. 1666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 196No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1744), 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 1, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 209 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

6 Congresses

35th · 185740th · 1867

Republican · Senate · WI35th–40th

Term datesexact

James Rood Doolittle

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATER1857–18696 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

29.6%with Democrats

of 1,708 votes · 70.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested30%of 1,708 · combined

Steepest move+44 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 209 votes88%

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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 · 209 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185740th · 1867

Republican35th–40th

Party switchers

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