Carl Schurz

Senator from Missouri

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1869–1875ID S000151

LegislationHEADLINE

65%with Dems

of 708 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

65%with Dems

of 708 · both combined

Steepest move

+44 pts

1869 → 1871

the label changed

Changed parties

42nd

R → O · first Congress under it

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 ↓1869R→O · 42nd

1873–7443rd Congress

Sat under another party label

71.8%with Democrats

of 149 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +44 pts — the Congress the label changed.

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, 1875H.R. 1580No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4847), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.

Where this lands

NAYSided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4847No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4692No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1875H.R. 4740No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 149 contested votes scored in the 43rd 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

3 Congresses

41st · 186942nd · 187143rd · 1873

Republican · Senate · MO41st–41st

Other party · Senate · MO42nd–43rd

Term datesexact

Carl Schurz

Senator from Missouri

SENATER→O1869–18753 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

64.5%with Democrats

of 708 votes · 35.5% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested65%of 708 · combined

Steepest move+44 pts1869→71, under another label

Changed parties42ndR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18691873

1873–74 · 43rd · Other party · of 149 votes71.8%

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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 majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 149 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

41st · 186943rd · 1873

Republican41st–41st

Other party42nd–43rd

Other party switchers

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