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William King Sebastian
Senator from ArkansasSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID S000216
LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 702 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 702 · both combined
Steepest move
+3 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
92.1%with Democrats
of 304 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +3 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 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, 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
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861S.J.Res. 54LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1861H.J.Res. 80LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 304 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
3 Congresses35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · Senate · AR35th–37th
Term datesexact