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Charles Lewis Scott
Representative from CaliforniaHOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID S000167
LegislationHEADLINE
77%with Dems
of 497 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
77%with Dems
of 497 · both combined
Steepest move
−4 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
74.3%with Democrats
of 214 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, −4 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
Feb 28, 1861H.R. 865LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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 26, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 26, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1861H.R. 338LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1861H.R. 338LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 214 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · House · CA35th–36th
Term datesexact