Charles Henry Van Wyck

Senator from Nebraska

SENATEREPUBLICAN1859–1887ID V000067

LegislationHEADLINE

30%with Dems

of 1,532 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

30%with Dems

of 1,532 · both combined

Steepest move

+16 pts

1869 → 1881

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 ↓18591865187118771883

1885–8649th Congress

Sat as a Republican

39.8%with Democrats

of 171 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1881, +16 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, 1887noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 11234), 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

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Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 11234No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1887H.R. 2441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1887S. 1162No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Mar 3, 1887S. 531No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 49th 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

7 Congresses

36th · 185947th · 188149th · 1885

Republican · House · NY36th–41st

Republican · Senate · NE47th–49th

Term datesexact

Charles Henry Van Wyck

Senator from Nebraska

SENATER1859–18877 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

29.8%with Democrats

of 1,532 votes · 70.2% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested30%of 1,532 · combined

Steepest move+16 pts1869→81, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591885

1885–86 · 49th · Republican · of 171 votes39.8%

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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 majorityNay

Republican majorityYea

Counts toward scoreYes

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Latest 6 shown · 171 contested votes scored in the 49th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185949th · 1885

Republican36th–41st

Republican47th–49th

Party switchers

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