SK
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood
Senator from IowaSENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1881ID K000242
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 809 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 809 · both combined
Steepest move
−9 pts
1877 → 1879
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 ↓186518711877
1879–8046th Congress
Sat as a Republican
5.7%with Democrats
of 331 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1877 → 1879, −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, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 6033LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6033), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7251LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1881H.R. 7251LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1881noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 331 contested votes scored in the 46th 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 Congresses39th · 186546th · 1879
Republican · Senate · IA39th–46th
Term datesexact