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Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton
Senator from IndianaSENATEREPUBLICAN1867–1879ID M001020
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 1,137 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 1,137 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓18671873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 6 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −12 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
Oct 18, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 17, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 17, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 17, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 9, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 6 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
6 Congresses40th · 186745th · 1877
Republican · Senate · IN40th–45th
Term datesexact