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Ira Harris

Senator from New York
SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1867ID H000242
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Dems
of 693 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
28%with Dems
of 693 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓1861
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Republican
24%with Democrats
of 171 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −9 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 2, 1867H.R. 1227No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 453), 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 2, 1867H.R. 859No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 598No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 793No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 588No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

3 Congresses
37th · 186139th · 1865
Republican · Senate · NY37th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · New York
IH

Ira Harris

Senator from New York
SENATER1861–18673 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
28%with Democrats
of 693 votes · 72% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested28%of 693 · combined
Steepest move−9 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611865
1865–66 · 39th · Republican · of 171 votes24%

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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 · 171 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186139th · 1865
Republican37th–39th

Party switchers

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