Timothy Otis Howe

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1879ID H000856

LegislationHEADLINE

18%with Dems

of 2,252 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

18%with Dems

of 2,252 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1869 → 1871

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 ↓186118671873

1877–7845th Congress

Sat as a Republican

13.6%with Democrats

of 279 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −15 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, 1879H.R. 4228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6462), 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

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Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1879H.R. 6462No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 279 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

9 Congresses

37th · 186145th · 1877

Republican · Senate · WI37th–45th

Term datesexact

Timothy Otis Howe

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATER1861–18799 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

17.7%with Democrats

of 2,252 votes · 82.3% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested18%of 2,252 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611877

1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 279 votes13.6%

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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 · 279 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186145th · 1877

Republican37th–45th

Party switchers

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