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Luther Hanchett

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1861–1863ID H000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 146 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 146 · both combined

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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
15.1%with Democrats
of 146 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jul 17, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862H.R. 579No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862noneNo 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
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 110No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 146 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Republican · House · WI37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Wisconsin
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Luther Hanchett

Representative from Wisconsin
HOUSER1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
15.1%with Democrats
of 146 votes · 84.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 146 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 146 votes15.1%

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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 · 146 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Republican37th–37th

Party switchers

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