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Zebulon Baird Vance

Senator from North Carolina
SENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1857–1895ID V000021
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LegislationHEADLINE
90%with Dems
of 2,325 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
90%with Dems
of 2,325 · both combined
Steepest move
+28 pts
1857 → 1859
under one label
Changed parties
46th
O → D · 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 ↓1857186318691875188118871893O→D · 46th
1893–9453rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
84.8%with Democrats
of 33 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +28 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
Apr 14, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 10, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
Feb 7, 1894H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 7, 1894H.R. 2331No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 15, 1894noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 30, 1893H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 30, 1893H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 28, 1893H.R. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 33 contested votes scored in the 53rd 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

10 Congresses
35th · 185746th · 187953rd · 1893
Other party · House · NC35th–36th
Democrat · Senate · NC46th–53rd
Term datesexact
Members · North Carolina
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Zebulon Baird Vance

Senator from North Carolina
SENATEO→D1857–189510 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
90.4%with Democrats
of 2,325 votes · 9.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested90%of 2,325 · combined
Steepest move+28 pts1857→59, under another label
Changed parties46thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18571893
1893–94 · 53rd · Democrat · of 33 votes84.8%

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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 · 33 contested votes scored in the 53rd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185753rd · 1893
Other party35th–36th
Democrat46th–53rd

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