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Stephen Wallace Dorsey
Senator from ArkansasSENATEREPUBLICAN1873–1879ID D000441
LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 534 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 534 · both combined
Steepest move
−14 pts
1873 → 1875
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.4%with Democrats
of 283 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, −14 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, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 283 contested votes scored in the 45th 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 Congresses43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican · Senate · AR43rd–45th
Term datesexact