Philetus Sawyer

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1893ID S000091

LegislationHEADLINE

8%with Dems

of 3,816 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

8%with Dems

of 3,816 · both combined

Steepest move

−5 pts

1885 → 1887

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 ↓18651871187718831889

1891–9252nd Congress

Sat as a Republican

10%with Democrats

of 120 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, −5 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 recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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

NAYSided with the Republican majority

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Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1893S. 2626No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1893S. 3741No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 120 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

11 Congresses

39th · 186547th · 188152nd · 1891

Republican · House · WI39th–43rd

Republican · Senate · WI47th–52nd

Term datesexact

Philetus Sawyer

Senator from Wisconsin

SENATER1865–189311 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

8.1%with Democrats

of 3,816 votes · 91.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested8%of 3,816 · combined

Steepest move−5 pts1885→87, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018651891

1891–92 · 52nd · Republican · of 120 votes10%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 120 contested votes scored in the 52nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

39th · 186552nd · 1891

Republican39th–43rd

Republican47th–52nd

Party switchers

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