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John Parker Hale

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1865ID H000034
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,071 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,071 · both combined
Steepest move
+14 pts
1859 → 1861
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
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Republican
20.6%with Democrats
of 189 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +14 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, 1865H.R. 307No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 307No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 307No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 307), 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 3, 1865H.R. 456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 456No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 795No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 189 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

4 Congresses
35th · 185738th · 1863
Republican · Senate · NH35th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · New Hampshire
JH

John Parker Hale

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATER1857–18654 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
16.6%with Democrats
of 1,071 votes · 83.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,071 · combined
Steepest move+14 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571863
1863–64 · 38th · Republican · of 189 votes20.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 189 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185738th · 1863
Republican35th–38th

Party switchers

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