Owen Lovejoy

Representative from Illinois

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1865ID L000462

LegislationHEADLINE

10%with Dems

of 1,144 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

10%with Dems

of 1,144 · both combined

Steepest move

−7 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 ↓18571863

1863–6438th Congress

Sat as a Republican

7.1%with Democrats

of 56 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, −7 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 11, 1864noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 11, 1864H.R. 192No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 8, 1864H.J.Res. 37No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 37), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.

Where this lands

NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored

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Mar 8, 1864H.J.Res. 37No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1864H.R. 122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1864H.R. 66No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1864H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1864H.R. 51No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1864H.R. 122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 38th 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

4 Congresses

35th · 185738th · 1863

Republican · House · IL35th–38th

Term datesexact

Owen Lovejoy

Representative from Illinois

HOUSER1857–18654 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

10.1%with Democrats

of 1,144 votes · 89.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested10%of 1,144 · combined

Steepest move−7 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571863

1863–64 · 38th · Republican · of 56 votes7.1%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 56 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185738th · 1863

Republican35th–38th

Party switchers

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