AS
Alvin Saunders
Senator from NebraskaSENATEREPUBLICAN1877–1883ID S000076
LegislationHEADLINE
14%with Dems
of 1,008 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
14%with Dems
of 1,008 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1879 → 1881
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 ↓1877
1881–8247th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.5%with Democrats
of 333 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1879 → 1881, +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, 1883H.R. 7637LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1883noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5538), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1883noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1883H.R. 7595LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1883H.R. 1410LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 20, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 19, 1883H.R. 5538LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 333 contested votes scored in the 47th 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 Congresses45th · 187747th · 1881
Republican · Senate · NE45th–47th
Term datesexact