Orville Hitchcock Platt

Senator from Connecticut

SENATEREPUBLICAN1879–1905ID P000382

LegislationHEADLINE

7%with Dems

of 3,087 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

7%with Dems

of 3,087 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1885 → 1887

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 ↓18791885189118971903

1903–0458th Congress

Sat as a Republican

3%with Democrats

of 67 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −12 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, 1905H.R. 12273No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1905S.J.Res. 114No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 1, 1905H.R. 17865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 17865), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

YEASided with the Republican majority

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Mar 1, 1905H.R. 17865No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1905H.R. 17474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 28, 1905H.R. 17474No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 27, 1905H.R. 18467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1905noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 58th 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

13 Congresses

46th · 187958th · 1903

Republican · Senate · CT46th–58th

Term datesexact

Orville Hitchcock Platt

Senator from Connecticut

SENATER1879–190513 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

7.2%with Democrats

of 3,087 votes · 92.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested7%of 3,087 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018791903

1903–04 · 58th · Republican · of 67 votes3%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 67 contested votes scored in the 58th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

46th · 187958th · 1903

Republican46th–58th

Party switchers

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