David Trotter Patterson

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1865–1869ID P000110

LegislationHEADLINE

86%with Dems

of 346 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

86%with Dems

of 346 · both combined

Steepest move

−3 pts

1865 → 1867

the label changed

Changed parties

40th

O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓1865O→D · 40th

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.5%with Democrats

of 269 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, −3 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1869H.R. 1666No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 2007), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 2007No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.J.Res. 413No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1744No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1869H.R. 1672No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 269 contested votes scored in the 40th 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

39th · 186540th · 1867

Other party · Senate · TN39th–39th

Democrat · Senate · TN40th–40th

Term datesexact

David Trotter Patterson

Senator from Tennessee

SENATEO→D1865–18692 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.1%with Democrats

of 346 votes · 13.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested86%of 346 · combined

Steepest move−3 pts1865→67, as a Democrat

Changed parties40thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18651867

1867–68 · 40th · Democrat · of 269 votes85.5%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 269 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186540th · 1867

Other party39th–39th

Democrat40th–40th

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