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Willard Saulsbury Sr.
Senator from DelawareSENATEDEMOCRAT1859–1871ID S000074
LegislationHEADLINE
94%with Dems
of 1,112 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
94%with Dems
of 1,112 · both combined
Steepest move
+8 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓18591865
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Democrat
93.5%with Democrats
of 170 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +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 3, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1596LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1871H.R. 3036LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 3036), 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
Mar 2, 1871S. 1185LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1871noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2789LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1871H.R. 2816LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 170 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
6 Congresses36th · 185941st · 1869
Democrat · Senate · DE36th–41st
Term datesexact