Preston B. Plumb

Senator from Kansas

SENATEREPUBLICAN1877–1891ID P000389

LegislationHEADLINE

28%with Dems

of 1,680 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

28%with Dems

of 1,680 · both combined

Steepest move

+22 pts

1887 → 1889

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 ↓187718831889

1889–9051st Congress

Sat as a Republican

37.3%with Democrats

of 276 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1887 → 1889, +22 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, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 10881No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 10881), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 6944No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1891noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 2, 1891H.R. 13658No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 276 contested votes scored in the 51st 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

7 Congresses

45th · 187751st · 1889

Republican · Senate · KS45th–51st

Term datesexact

Preston B. Plumb

Senator from Kansas

SENATER1877–18917 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

28.4%with Democrats

of 1,680 votes · 71.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested28%of 1,680 · combined

Steepest move+22 pts1887→89, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018771889

1889–90 · 51st · Republican · of 276 votes37.3%

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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

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 276 contested votes scored in the 51st

By policy area

career

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

Service record

45th · 187751st · 1889

Republican45th–51st

Party switchers

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