LF
Lafayette Sabine Foster
Senator from ConnecticutSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1867ID F000308
LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 1,540 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 1,540 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1863 → 1865
still a Republican
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 ↓18571863
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.5%with Democrats
of 194 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, +16 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 2, 1867H.R. 1227LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 453), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 859LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 598LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 194 contested votes scored in the 39th 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
5 Congresses35th · 185739th · 1865
Republican · Senate · CT35th–39th
Term datesexact