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George Ellis Pugh

Senator from Ohio
SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID P000560
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LegislationHEADLINE
65%with Dems
of 607 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
65%with Dems
of 607 · both combined
Steepest move
+4 pts
1857 → 1859
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
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
67.3%with Democrats
of 196 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +4 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 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 54), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 196 contested votes scored in the 36th 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

2 Congresses
35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · OH35th–36th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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George Ellis Pugh

Senator from Ohio
SENATED1857–18612 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
64.6%with Democrats
of 607 votes · 35.4% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested65%of 607 · combined
Steepest move+4 pts1857→59, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571859
1859–60 · 36th · Democrat · of 196 votes67.3%

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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 majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 196 contested votes scored in the 36th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat35th–36th

Party switchers

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