Henry Mower Rice

Senator from Minnesota

SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID R000198

LegislationHEADLINE

73%with Dems

of 842 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

73%with Dems

of 842 · 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

69.3%with Democrats

of 231 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

Mar 3, 1863H.R. 768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 768), 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

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Mar 3, 1863H.R. 768No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1863S. 522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863S. 522No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1863S. 162No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1863H.R. 732No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 231 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

3 Congresses

35th · 185737th · 1861

Democrat · Senate · MN35th–37th

Term datesexact

Henry Mower Rice

Senator from Minnesota

SENATED1857–18633 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

72.6%with Democrats

of 842 votes · 27.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested73%of 842 · combined

Steepest move−6 pts1859→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571861

1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 231 votes69.3%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 231 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861

Democrat35th–37th

Party switchers

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