IH
Isham Green Harris
Senator from TennesseeSENATEDEMOCRAT1877–1899ID H000243
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 2,931 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 2,931 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1891 → 1893
still a Democrat
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 ↓1877188318891895
1897–9855th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
100%with Democrats
of 15 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1891 → 1893, +8 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 7, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jul 6, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 379), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jun 16, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 16, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 15, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jun 14, 1897H.R. 379LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 15 contested votes scored in the 55th 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
11 Congresses45th · 187755th · 1897
Democrat · Senate · TN45th–55th
Term datesexact