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Trusten Polk
Senator from MissouriSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID P000411
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 805 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 805 · both combined
Steepest move
+6 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
92.3%with Democrats
of 65 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +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
Aug 6, 1861S.J.Res. 1LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 6, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 6, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861S. 69LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861H.R. 101LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 65 contested votes scored in the 37th CongressAll votes this Congress →
By policy area
career · legislationThe record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.
Service record
3 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · MO35th–37th
Term datesexact