Charles Sumner

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1857–1875ID S001068

LegislationHEADLINE

19%with Dems

of 2,086 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

19%with Dems

of 2,086 · both combined

Steepest move

+14 pts

1871 → 1873

the label changed

Changed parties

43rd

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 ↓185718631869R→O · 43rd

1873–7443rd Congress

Sat under another party label

52%with Democrats

of 25 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1871 → 1873, +14 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 6, 1874S. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 6, 1874H.R. 1394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 5, 1874noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM 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

YEASided with the Democratic majority

Open roll call

Mar 5, 1874S. 161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1874H.R. 1394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 27, 1874noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 26, 1874H.R. 1394No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Feb 20, 1874S. 432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 20, 1874S. 432No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 25 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

9 Congresses

35th · 185743rd · 1873

Republican · Senate · MA35th–42nd

Other party · Senate · MA43rd–43rd

Term datesexact

Charles Sumner

Senator from Massachusetts

SENATER→O1857–18759 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

19.4%with Democrats

of 2,086 votes · 80.6% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested19%of 2,086 · combined

Steepest move+14 pts1871→73, under another label

Changed parties43rdR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18571873

1873–74 · 43rd · Other party · of 25 votes52%

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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 majorityYea

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreYes

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 25 contested votes scored in the 43rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185743rd · 1873

Republican35th–42nd

Other party43rd–43rd

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