LT
Lyman Trumbull
Senator from IllinoisSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1873ID T000392
LegislationHEADLINE
34%with Dems
of 2,463 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
34%with Dems
of 2,463 · both combined
Steepest move
+35 pts
1869 → 1871
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 ↓185718631869
1871–7242nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
78%with Democrats
of 387 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, +35 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
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 3844LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873S. 1544LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 4051), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1873S. 1228LEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1873H.R. 4051LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 387 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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
8 Congresses35th · 185742nd · 1871
Republican · Senate · IL35th–42nd
Term datesexact