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Clement Laird Vallandigham

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1857–1863ID V000008
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LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 732 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 732 · both combined
Steepest move
+15 pts
1859 → 1861
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
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
96%with Democrats
of 322 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, +15 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, 1863S. 467No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863S. 523No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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 3, 1863H.J.Res. 115No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 780No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1863H.R. 634No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1863S. 577No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 322 contested votes scored in the 37th 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

3 Congresses
35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat · House · OH35th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
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Clement Laird Vallandigham

Representative from Ohio
HOUSED1857–18633 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
88.4%with Democrats
of 732 votes · 11.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested88%of 732 · combined
Steepest move+15 pts1859→61, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018571861
1861–62 · 37th · Democrat · of 322 votes96%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 322 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185737th · 1861
Democrat35th–37th

Party switchers

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