Wilbur Fiske Sanders

Senator from Montana

SENATEREPUBLICAN1889–1893ID S000039

LegislationHEADLINE

14%with Dems

of 308 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

14%with Dems

of 308 · both combined

Steepest move

+27 pts

1889 → 1891

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 ↓1889

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

35.6%with Democrats

of 59 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1889 → 1891, +27 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, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 1, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (S. 2626), 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

Open roll call

Feb 28, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 6, 1893S. 3423No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Dec 20, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Dec 15, 1892noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jul 27, 1892S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Jul 19, 1892H.R. 7845No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 59 contested votes scored in the 52nd 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

51st · 188952nd · 1891

Republican · Senate · MT51st–52nd

Term datesexact

Wilbur Fiske Sanders

Senator from Montana

SENATER1889–18932 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

13.6%with Democrats

of 308 votes · 86.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested14%of 308 · combined

Steepest move+27 pts1889→91, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018891891

1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 59 votes35.6%

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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 · 59 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188952nd · 1891

Republican51st–52nd

Party switchers

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