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Jesse Olds Norton

Representative from Illinois
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1865ID N000151
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LegislationHEADLINE
10%with Dems
of 375 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
10%with Dems
of 375 · both combined

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 ↓1863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.6%with Democrats
of 375 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 3, 1865S. 207No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865S. 62No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 683No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.J.Res. 141No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 375 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

1 Congresses
38th · 1863
Republican · House · IL38th–38th
Term datesexact
Members · Illinois
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Jesse Olds Norton

Representative from Illinois
HOUSER1863–18651 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.6%with Democrats
of 375 votes · 90.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested10%of 375 · combined

Career arc

10050018631863
1863–64 · 38th · Republican · of 375 votes9.6%

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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 majorityNay
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 375 contested votes scored in the 38th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186338th · 1863
Republican38th–38th

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