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John Upfold Pettit

Representative from Indiana
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1857–1861ID P000278
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 605 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 605 · both combined
Steepest move
−2 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.5%with Democrats
of 275 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −2 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S. 10No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 902No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.R. 910No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1861H.R. 1009No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 275 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses
35th · 185736th · 1859
Republican · House · IN35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
JP

John Upfold Pettit

Representative from Indiana
HOUSER1857–18612 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
11.6%with Democrats
of 605 votes · 88.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 605 · combined
Steepest move−2 pts1857→59, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Republican · of 275 votes10.5%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 275 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Republican35th–36th

Party switchers

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