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Joseph Albert Wright

Senator from Indiana
SENATEOTHER PARTY1861–1863ID W000766
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LegislationHEADLINE
53%with Dems
of 113 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
53%with Dems
of 113 · both combined

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 ↓1861
1861–6237th Congress
Sat under another party label
53.1%with Democrats
of 113 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 226), 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
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 21, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jan 20, 1863noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 20, 1863H.R. 226No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 113 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

1 Congresses
37th · 1861
Other party · Senate · IN37th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Indiana
JW

Joseph Albert Wright

Senator from Indiana
SENATEO1861–18631 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
53.1%with Democrats
of 113 votes · 46.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested53%of 113 · combined

Career arc

10050018611861
1861–62 · 37th · Other party · of 113 votes53.1%

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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
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Latest 6 shown · 113 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186137th · 1861
Other party37th–37th

Party switchers

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