Sidney Perham

Representative from Maine

HOUSEREPUBLICAN1863–1869ID P000226

LegislationHEADLINE

12%with Dems

of 1,323 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

12%with Dems

of 1,323 · both combined

Steepest move

+4 pts

1865 → 1867

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 ↓1863

1867–6840th Congress

Sat as a Republican

14.9%with Democrats

of 444 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +4 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, 1869S. 845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869S.J.Res. 211No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 211), 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, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1803No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1808No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1869H.R. 1746No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 444 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

3 Congresses

38th · 186340th · 1867

Republican · House · ME38th–40th

Term datesexact

Sidney Perham

Representative from Maine

HOUSER1863–18693 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

11.9%with Democrats

of 1,323 votes · 88.1% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested12%of 1,323 · combined

Steepest move+4 pts1865→67, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018631867

1867–68 · 40th · Republican · of 444 votes14.9%

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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 · 444 contested votes scored in the 40th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

38th · 186340th · 1867

Republican38th–40th

Party switchers

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