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Graham Newell Fitch
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID F000158
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 684 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 684 · both combined
Steepest move
−0 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84%with Democrats
of 313 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −0 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.J.Res. 59LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861H.J.Res. 59LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 313 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · IN35th–36th
Term datesyears only to 1855 · exact from 1849