James Shields

Senator from Missouri

SENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1879ID S000362

LegislationHEADLINE

60%with Dems

of 270 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

60%with Dems

of 270 · both combined

Steepest move

+29 pts

1857 → 1877

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 ↓1857186318691875

1877–7845th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

78.9%with Democrats

of 95 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1857 → 1877, +29 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 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 45th 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

2 Congresses

35th · 185745th · 1877

Democrat · Senate · MN35th–35th

Democrat · Senate · MO45th–45th

Term datesyears only to 1877 · exact from 1849

James Shields

Senator from Missouri

SENATED1857–18792 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

60.4%with Democrats

of 270 votes · 39.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested60%of 270 · combined

Steepest move+29 pts1857→77, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571877

1877–78 · 45th · Democrat · of 95 votes78.9%

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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 majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 95 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185745th · 1877

Democrat35th–35th

Democrat45th–45th

Party switchers

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