LP
Lazarus Whitehead Powell
Senator from KentuckySENATEDEMOCRAT1859–1865ID P000481
LegislationHEADLINE
93%with Dems
of 985 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
93%with Dems
of 985 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓1859
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
95.6%with Democrats
of 271 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +3 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 3, 1865H.R. 307LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 307LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 307LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 307), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 456LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 161LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1865H.R. 786LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 38th 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 Congresses36th · 185938th · 1863
Democrat · Senate · KY36th–38th
Term datesexact