AG
Augustus Hill Garland
Senator from ArkansasSENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1885ID G000065
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 1,348 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 1,348 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓18771883
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
77.7%with Democrats
of 224 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, −9 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 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 8280LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7970), 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, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 224 contested votes scored in the 48th 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
4 Congresses45th · 187748th · 1883
Democrat · Senate · AR45th–48th
Term datesexact