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Henry B. Payne

Senator from Ohio
SENATEDEMOCRAT1875–1891ID P000151
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LegislationHEADLINE
71%with Dems
of 819 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
71%with Dems
of 819 · both combined
Steepest move
−12 pts
1875 → 1885
still a Democrat

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 ↓187518811887
1889–9051st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
76.4%with Democrats
of 203 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1885, −12 pts — while still a Democrat.
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, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13658), 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, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13552No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1891S. 3738No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 203 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

4 Congresses
44th · 187549th · 188551st · 1889
Democrat · House · OH44th–44th
Democrat · Senate · OH49th–51st
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Henry B. Payne

Senator from Ohio
SENATED1875–18914 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
71.1%with Democrats
of 819 votes · 28.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested71%of 819 · combined
Steepest move−12 pts1875→85, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018751889
1889–90 · 51st · Democrat · of 203 votes76.4%

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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 · 203 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

44th · 187551st · 1889
Democrat44th–44th
Democrat49th–51st

Party switchers

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