The Vote Ledger
/
Data through Sep 17, 2026Compare members
The Vote Ledger
BR

Burwell Clark Ritter

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1865–1867ID R000276
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 422 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 422 · both combined

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 ↓1865
1865–6639th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.8%with Democrats
of 422 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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, 1867noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S.J.Res. 164No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S.J.Res. 164), 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 2, 1867S. 509No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1867S. 603No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867S. 453No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1220No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1867H.R. 1143No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 422 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

1 Congresses
39th · 1865
Democrat · House · KY39th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Kentucky
BR

Burwell Clark Ritter

Representative from Kentucky
HOUSED1865–18671 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
93.8%with Democrats
of 422 votes · 6.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested94%of 422 · combined

Career arc

10050018651865
1865–66 · 39th · Democrat · of 422 votes93.8%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 422 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186539th · 1865
Democrat39th–39th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
AD320 × 50 · Anchor