OF
Orris Sanford Ferry
Senator from ConnecticutSENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1859–1877ID F000094
LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 925 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 925 · both combined
Steepest move
+43 pts
1873 → 1875
the label changed
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 ↓185918651871R→O · 43rd
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
100%with Democrats
of 1 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1873 → 1875, +43 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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 18, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 9, 1875noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
3 most recent roll calls shown · 1 contested votes scored in the 44th 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
6 Congresses36th · 185940th · 186743rd · 187344th · 1875
Republican · House · CT36th–36th
Republican · Senate · CT40th–42nd
Other party · Senate · CT43rd–43rd
Republican · Senate · CT44th–44th
Term datesexact