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Samuel Clement Fessenden

Representative from Maine
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1863ID F000097
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LegislationHEADLINE
7%with Dems
of 391 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
7%with Dems
of 391 · both combined

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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
6.9%with Democrats
of 391 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP 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
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 554No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 391 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Republican · House · ME37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Maine
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Samuel Clement Fessenden

Representative from Maine
HOUSER1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
6.9%with Democrats
of 391 votes · 93.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested7%of 391 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 391 votes6.9%

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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 · 391 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Republican37th–37th

Party switchers

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