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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy

Senator from Kansas
SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1873ID P000423
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LegislationHEADLINE
15%with Dems
of 1,664 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
15%with Dems
of 1,664 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1863 → 1865
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 ↓18611867
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
10.2%with Democrats
of 373 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1863 → 1865, −15 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, 1873H.R. 1872No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873S. 1544No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3921), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 1, 1873H.R. 3921No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1873noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1873S. 1621No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1873H.R. 3498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1873H.R. 3498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1873H.R. 3498No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 373 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

6 Congresses
37th · 186142nd · 1871
Republican · Senate · KS37th–42nd
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Samuel Clarke Pomeroy

Senator from Kansas
SENATER1861–18736 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
14.9%with Democrats
of 1,664 votes · 85.1% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested15%of 1,664 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1863→65, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611871
1871–72 · 42nd · Republican · of 373 votes10.2%

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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 · 373 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186142nd · 1871
Republican37th–42nd

Party switchers

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