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Stephen Arnold Douglas
Senator from IllinoisSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID D000457
LegislationHEADLINE
52%with Dems
of 477 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
52%with Dems
of 477 · both combined
Steepest move
+18 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.7%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +18 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Mar 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 27, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 37th 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 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · IL35th–37th
Term datesexact