Alfred Ely

Representative from New York

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID E000164

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 600 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 600 · both combined

Steepest move

+5 pts

1859 → 1861

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 ↓1859

1861–6237th Congress

Sat as a Republican

10.3%with Democrats

of 320 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +5 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, 1863S. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863H.J.Res. 115No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 115), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1863H.R. 780No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863S. 439No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 320 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

36th · 185937th · 1861

Republican · House · NY36th–37th

Term datesexact

Alfred Ely

Representative from New York

HOUSER1859–18632 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.8%with Democrats

of 600 votes · 92.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 600 · combined

Steepest move+5 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591861

1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 320 votes10.3%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 320 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185937th · 1861

Republican36th–37th

Party switchers

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