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Bainbridge Wadleigh

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATEREPUBLICAN1873–1879ID W000009
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LegislationHEADLINE
26%with Dems
of 641 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
26%with Dems
of 641 · both combined
Steepest move
−13 pts
1875 → 1877
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 ↓1873
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
19.9%with Democrats
of 296 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −13 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, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6240), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6240No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4318No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 4228No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6471No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1879H.R. 6362No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 296 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican · Senate · NH43rd–45th
Term datesexact
Members · New Hampshire
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Bainbridge Wadleigh

Senator from New Hampshire
SENATER1873–18793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
26.2%with Democrats
of 641 votes · 73.8% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested26%of 641 · combined
Steepest move−13 pts1875→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018731877
1877–78 · 45th · Republican · of 296 votes19.9%

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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 · 296 contested votes scored in the 45th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

43rd · 187345th · 1877
Republican43rd–45th

Party switchers

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