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Phineas Warren Hitchcock

Senator from Nebraska
SENATEREPUBLICAN1871–1877ID H000648
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LegislationHEADLINE
35%with Dems
of 768 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
35%with Dems
of 768 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1871 → 1873
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 ↓1871
1875–7644th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.3%with Democrats
of 213 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, −13 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 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 58No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 58), 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
Mar 3, 1877H.R. 4187No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1877S. 1145No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1877noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 213 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

3 Congresses
42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican · Senate · NE42nd–44th
Term datesexact
Members · Nebraska
PH

Phineas Warren Hitchcock

Senator from Nebraska
SENATER1871–18773 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
34.6%with Democrats
of 768 votes · 65.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested35%of 768 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1871→73, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018711875
1875–76 · 44th · Republican · of 213 votes33.3%

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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 · 213 contested votes scored in the 44th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

42nd · 187144th · 1875
Republican42nd–44th

Party switchers

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