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Charles Daniel Drake

Senator from Missouri
SENATEREPUBLICAN1867–1871ID D000484
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 484 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 484 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1867
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
18.4%with Democrats
of 234 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +6 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
Dec 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 12, 1870S. 667No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 667), 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
Aug 15, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 15, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 14, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 234 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

2 Congresses
40th · 186741st · 1869
Republican · Senate · MO40th–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Missouri
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Charles Daniel Drake

Senator from Missouri
SENATER1867–18712 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.1%with Democrats
of 484 votes · 84.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 484 · combined
Steepest move+6 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671869
1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 234 votes18.4%

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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 · 234 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186741st · 1869
Republican40th–41st

Party switchers

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