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Anthony Kennedy

Senator from Maryland
SENATEOTHER PARTY1857–1863ID K000103
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Dems
of 778 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
74%with Dems
of 778 · both combined
Steepest move
+31 pts
1857 → 1859
under one label

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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
92.3%with Democrats
of 183 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +31 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, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863H.R. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863H.R. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 523), 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
Mar 2, 1863H.R. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863H.R. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863H.R. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1863S. 544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 183 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
35th · 185737th · 1861
Other party · Senate · MD35th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Maryland
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Anthony Kennedy

Senator from Maryland
SENATEO1857–18633 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
74%with Democrats
of 778 votes · 26% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested74%of 778 · combined
Steepest move+31 pts1857→59, under another label

Career arc

10050018571861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 183 votes92.3%

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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 · 183 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861
Other party35th–37th

Party switchers

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