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Daniel Sheldon Norton

Senator from Minnesota
SENATEREPUBLICAN→DEMOCRAT1865–1871ID N000145
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LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 411 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 411 · both combined
Steepest move
+20 pts
1865 → 1867
still a Republican
Changed parties
41st
R → D · first Congress under it
votes moved first

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 ↓1865R→D · 41st
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
85%with Democrats
of 80 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +20 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
Jul 5, 1870H.R. 2045No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 20, 1870H.R. 1828No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1870H.R. 1828No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1828), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.
Where this lands
NAYVoted with both majorities — not scored
May 13, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 27, 1870S. 810No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1870S.J.Res. 121No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1870S.J.Res. 121No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1870noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 80 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

3 Congresses
39th · 186541st · 1869
Republican · Senate · MN39th–40th
Democrat · Senate · MN41st–41st
Term datesexact
Members · Minnesota
DN

Daniel Sheldon Norton

Senator from Minnesota
SENATER→D1865–18713 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
77.1%with Democrats
of 411 votes · 22.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested77%of 411 · combined
Steepest move+20 pts1865→67, as a Republican
Changed parties41stR→D · votes moved first

Career arc

100500R→D18651869
1869–70 · 41st · Democrat · of 80 votes85%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 80 contested votes scored in the 41st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186541st · 1869
Republican39th–40th
Democrat41st–41st

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