John Brooks Henderson

Senator from Missouri

SENATEOTHER PARTY→REPUBLICAN1861–1869ID H000483

LegislationHEADLINE

49%with Dems

of 718 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

49%with Dems

of 718 · both combined

Steepest move

−31 pts

1863 → 1865

the label changed

Changed parties

39th

O → R · 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 ↓18611867O→R · 39th

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

47.4%with Democrats

of 171 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −31 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 413), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1869H.R. 1672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1869H.R. 1672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1869H.R. 1672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

37th · 186139th · 186540th · 1867

Other party · Senate · MO37th–38th

Republican · Senate · MO39th–40th

Term datesexact

John Brooks Henderson

Senator from Missouri

SENATEO→R1861–18694 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

48.9%with Democrats

of 718 votes · 51.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested49%of 718 · combined

Steepest move−31 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Changed parties39thO→R

Career arc

100500O→R18611867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 171 votes47.4%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186140th · 1867

Other party37th–38th

Republican39th–40th

Other party switchers

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