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Daniel Wolsey Voorhees
Senator from IndianaSENATEDEMOCRAT1861–1897ID V000116
LegislationHEADLINE
84%with Dems
of 3,142 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
84%with Dems
of 3,142 · both combined
Steepest move
−30 pts
1881 → 1883
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 ↓186118671873187918851891
1895–9654th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
78.6%with Democrats
of 28 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1881 → 1883, −30 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 1, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Feb 27, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM 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
Feb 26, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1897noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 25, 1897S.J.Res. 207LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1897H.R. 1002LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1897noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 28 contested votes scored in the 54th 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
15 Congresses37th · 186145th · 187754th · 1895
Democrat · House · IN37th–42nd
Democrat · Senate · IN45th–54th
Term datesexact