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Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Senator from AlabamaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID F000174
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 607 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 607 · both combined
Steepest move
+1 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
93.1%with Democrats
of 231 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +1 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
Jan 11, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 10, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 701), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 5, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 231 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 · AL35th–36th
Term datesyears only to 1851 · exact from 1848