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Charles Norton Felton

Senator from California
SENATEREPUBLICAN1885–1893ID F000068
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 285 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 285 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1887 → 1891
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 ↓18851891
1891–9252nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
24.1%with Democrats
of 79 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1887 → 1891, +4 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, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2626), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

3 Congresses
49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican · House · CA49th–50th
Republican · Senate · CA52nd–52nd
Term datesexact
Members · California
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Charles Norton Felton

Senator from California
SENATER1885–18933 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
20.4%with Democrats
of 285 votes · 79.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 285 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1887→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018851891
1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 79 votes24.1%

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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 majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 79 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

49th · 188552nd · 1891
Republican49th–50th
Republican52nd–52nd

Party switchers

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