James Willis Patterson

Senator from New Hampshire

SENATEREPUBLICAN1863–1873ID P000120

LegislationHEADLINE

18%with Dems

of 1,291 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

18%with Dems

of 1,291 · both combined

Steepest move

−15 pts

1869 → 1871

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 ↓18631869

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

14%with Democrats

of 229 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −15 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

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 1872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4051), 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

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1873H.R. 3850No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 25, 1873H.R. 3850No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1873S. 693No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 229 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

5 Congresses

38th · 186340th · 186742nd · 1871

Republican · House · NH38th–39th

Republican · Senate · NH40th–42nd

Term datesexact

James Willis Patterson

Senator from New Hampshire

SENATER1863–18735 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

17.8%with Democrats

of 1,291 votes · 82.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested18%of 1,291 · combined

Steepest move−15 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631871

1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 229 votes14%

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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 · 229 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186342nd · 1871

Republican38th–39th

Republican40th–42nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th