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George Hunt Pendleton

Senator from Ohio
SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1885ID P000203
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LegislationHEADLINE
87%with Dems
of 2,436 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
87%with Dems
of 2,436 · both combined
Steepest move
+23 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18571863186918751881
1883–8448th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.9%with Democrats
of 192 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +23 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, 1885H.R. 8280No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 7970), 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 2, 1885noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7970No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 7718No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1885H.R. 8256No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 192 contested votes scored in the 48th 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

7 Congresses
35th · 185746th · 187948th · 1883
Democrat · House · OH35th–38th
Democrat · Senate · OH46th–48th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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George Hunt Pendleton

Senator from Ohio
SENATED1857–18857 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
87.4%with Democrats
of 2,436 votes · 12.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested87%of 2,436 · combined
Steepest move+23 pts1859→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571883
1883–84 · 48th · Democrat · of 192 votes84.9%

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 · 192 contested votes scored in the 48th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185748th · 1883
Democrat35th–38th
Democrat46th–48th

Party switchers

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