PK
Preston King
Senator from New YorkSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1863ID K000211
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 1,115 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 1,115 · both combined
Steepest move
+9 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.6%with Democrats
of 326 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +9 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. 768LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 768LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 768LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 768), 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, 1863H.R. 768LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 522LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 522LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 162LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 523LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 326 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
3 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Republican · Senate · NY35th–37th
Term datesexact