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James Fowler Simmons
Senator from Rhode IslandSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1863ID S000417
LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 890 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 890 · both combined
Steepest move
+10 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1857
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
16.9%with Democrats
of 142 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +10 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
Jul 17, 1862H.R. 365LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 17, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jul 16, 1862noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 362LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.R. 362LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 16, 1862H.J.Res. 110LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 142 contested votes scored in the 37th 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
Republican · Senate · RI35th–37th
Term datesexact