Richard Franklin Pettigrew

Senator from South Dakota

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1889–1901ID P000271

LegislationHEADLINE

47%with Dems

of 807 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

47%with Dems

of 807 · both combined

Steepest move

+46 pts

1895 → 1897

the label changed

Changed parties

55th

R → O · 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 ↓18891895R→O · 55th

1899–190056th Congress

Sat under another party label

84.4%with Democrats

of 96 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +46 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 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 9047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9047), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Republican majority

Open roll call

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 56th 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

6 Congresses

51st · 188955th · 189756th · 1899

Republican · Senate · SD51st–54th

Other party · Senate · SD55th–56th

Term datesexact

Richard Franklin Pettigrew

Senator from South Dakota

SENATER→O1889–19016 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

47.5%with Democrats

of 807 votes · 52.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested47%of 807 · combined

Steepest move+46 pts1895→97, under another label

Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18891899

1899–1900 · 56th · Other party · of 96 votes84.4%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188956th · 1899

Republican51st–54th

Other party55th–56th

Other party switchers

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