Joseph Smith Fowler

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1865–1871ID F000324

LegislationHEADLINE

71%with Dems

of 577 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

71%with Dems

of 577 · both combined

Steepest move

+51 pts

1865 → 1867

the label changed

Changed parties

40th

O → R · 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 ↓1865O→R · 40th

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

78.5%with Democrats

of 297 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +51 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 3, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 521), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 297 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

3 Congresses

39th · 186540th · 186741st · 1869

Other party · Senate · TN39th–39th

Republican · Senate · TN40th–41st

Term datesexact

Joseph Smith Fowler

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEO→R1865–18713 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

70.7%with Democrats

of 577 votes · 29.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested71%of 577 · combined

Steepest move+51 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Changed parties40thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18651869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 297 votes78.5%

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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 · 297 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186541st · 1869

Other party39th–39th

Republican40th–41st

Other party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th