Morgan Calvin Hamilton

Senator from Texas

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1869–1877ID H000115

LegislationHEADLINE

53%with Dems

of 907 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

53%with Dems

of 907 · both combined

Steepest move

+41 pts

1869 → 1871

still a Republican

Changed parties

43rd

R → O · 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 ↓18691875R→O · 43rd

1875–7644th Congress

Sat as a Republican

48.9%with Democrats

of 180 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +41 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

Feb 10, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 10, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Feb 10, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 8, 1877H.R. 4452No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 8, 1877H.R. 4540No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 7, 1877H.R. 4452No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 7, 1877S. 1222No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 6, 1877H.R. 4350No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 180 contested votes scored in the 44th 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

41st · 186943rd · 187344th · 1875

Republican · Senate · TX41st–42nd

Other party · Senate · TX43rd–43rd

Republican · Senate · TX44th–44th

Term datesexact

Morgan Calvin Hamilton

Senator from Texas

SENATER→O→R1869–18774 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

52.8%with Democrats

of 907 votes · 47.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested53%of 907 · combined

Steepest move+41 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Changed parties43rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18691875

1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 180 votes48.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 180 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186944th · 1875

Republican41st–42nd

Other party43rd–43rd

Republican44th–44th

Other party switchers

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