Alexander McDonald

Senator from Arkansas

SENATEREPUBLICAN1867–1871ID M000408

LegislationHEADLINE

22%with Dems

of 422 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

22%with Dems

of 422 · both combined

Steepest move

+8 pts

1867 → 1869

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 ↓1867

1869–7041st Congress

Sat as a Republican

23.5%with Democrats

of 336 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +8 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, 1871noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1596No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 521No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 521), 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

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Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 336 contested votes scored in the 41st 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

2 Congresses

40th · 186741st · 1869

Republican · Senate · AR40th–41st

Term datesexact

Alexander McDonald

Senator from Arkansas

SENATER1867–18712 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

21.8%with Democrats

of 422 votes · 78.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested22%of 422 · combined

Steepest move+8 pts1867→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018671869

1869–70 · 41st · Republican · of 336 votes23.5%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 336 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

40th · 186741st · 1869

Republican40th–41st

Party switchers

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