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Isaac Newton Morris
Representative from IllinoisHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID M000977
LegislationHEADLINE
48%with Dems
of 525 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
48%with Dems
of 525 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1857 → 1859
still a Democrat
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
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
57.2%with Democrats
of 215 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +15 pts — while still a Democrat.
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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1010LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1008LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 899LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 215 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · IL35th–36th
Term datesexact