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Eli Saulsbury
Senator from DelawareSENATEDEMOCRAT1871–1889ID S000072
LegislationHEADLINE
92%with Dems
of 2,402 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
92%with Dems
of 2,402 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1885 → 1887
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 ↓187118771883
1887–8850th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
94.6%with Democrats
of 202 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, +8 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 2, 1889S.J.Res. 12LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1889S. 139LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 23, 1889noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 202 contested votes scored in the 50th 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
9 Congresses42nd · 187150th · 1887
Democrat · Senate · DE42nd–50th
Term datesexact