Aaron Augustus Sargent

Senator from California

SENATEREPUBLICAN1861–1879ID S000065

LegislationHEADLINE

20%with Dems

of 1,773 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

20%with Dems

of 1,773 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 pts

1861 → 1869

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 ↓186118671873

1877–7845th Congress

Sat as a Republican

18.1%with Democrats

of 271 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1869, +16 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, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

6 Congresses

37th · 186143rd · 187345th · 1877

Republican · House · CA37th–42nd

Republican · Senate · CA43rd–45th

Term datesexact

Aaron Augustus Sargent

Senator from California

SENATER1861–18796 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

19.6%with Democrats

of 1,773 votes · 80.4% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested20%of 1,773 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1861→69, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018611877

1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 271 votes18.1%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 271 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186145th · 1877

Republican37th–42nd

Republican43rd–45th

Party switchers

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