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Elihu Root
Senator from New YorkSENATEREPUBLICAN1909–1915ID R000430
LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 533 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 533 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1911 → 1913
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 ↓1909
1913–1463rd Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.3%with Democrats
of 197 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1911 → 1913, +10 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, 1915H.R. 21546LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1915H.R. 17869LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1915S. 136LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 136), 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
Feb 26, 1915H.R. 20975LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1915H.R. 20415LEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 19906LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1915H.R. 19906LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1915H.R. 20347LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 23, 1915H.R. 20347LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 197 contested votes scored in the 63rd 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 Congresses61st · 190963rd · 1913
Republican · Senate · NY61st–63rd
Term datesexact