Reuben Eaton Fenton

Senator from New York

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1857–1875ID F000077

LegislationHEADLINE

24%with Dems

of 1,817 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

24%with Dems

of 1,817 · both combined

Steepest move

+21 pts

1863 → 1869

still a Republican

Changed parties

43rd

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓185718631869R→O · 43rd

1873–7443rd Congress

Sat under another party label

68%with Democrats

of 122 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1869, +21 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, 1875H.R. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4740), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 122 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

7 Congresses

35th · 185741st · 186943rd · 1873

Republican · House · NY35th–38th

Republican · Senate · NY41st–42nd

Other party · Senate · NY43rd–43rd

Term datesexact

Reuben Eaton Fenton

Senator from New York

SENATER→O1857–18757 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

23.7%with Democrats

of 1,817 votes · 76.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested24%of 1,817 · combined

Steepest move+21 pts1863→69, as a Republican

Changed parties43rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18571873

1873–74 · 43rd · Other party · of 122 votes68%

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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 · 122 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185743rd · 1873

Republican35th–38th

Republican41st–42nd

Other party43rd–43rd

Other party switchers

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