Edmund Winston Pettus

Senator from Alabama

SENATEDEMOCRAT1897–1907ID P000279

LegislationHEADLINE

87%with Dems

of 559 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

87%with Dems

of 559 · both combined

Steepest move

−6 pts

1897 → 1899

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 ↓18971903

1905–0659th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

85.5%with Democrats

of 62 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1897 → 1899, −6 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 4, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1907H.R. 24043No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1907H.R. 9329No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9329), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1907S. 5133No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1907noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1907S. 529No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 59th 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

5 Congresses

55th · 189759th · 1905

Democrat · Senate · AL55th–59th

Term datesexact

Edmund Winston Pettus

Senator from Alabama

SENATED1897–19075 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

86.8%with Democrats

of 559 votes · 13.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested87%of 559 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1897→99, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018971905

1905–06 · 59th · Democrat · of 62 votes85.5%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 59th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

55th · 189759th · 1905

Democrat55th–59th

Party switchers

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