AG
Abijah Gilbert
Senator from FloridaSENATEREPUBLICAN1869–1875ID G000171
LegislationHEADLINE
23%with Dems
of 744 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
23%with Dems
of 744 · both combined
Steepest move
+12 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1869
1873–7443rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
31.7%with Democrats
of 126 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +12 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 3, 1875H.R. 1580LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1875H.R. 3341LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4729LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4729), 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
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1875H.R. 4680LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 126 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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
3 Congresses41st · 186943rd · 1873
Republican · Senate · FL41st–43rd
Term datesexact