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Richard Yates
Senator from IllinoisSENATEREPUBLICAN1865–1871ID Y000012
LegislationHEADLINE
21%with Dems
of 531 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
21%with Dems
of 531 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1867 → 1869
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 ↓1865
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
30.8%with Democrats
of 169 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1867 → 1869, +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, 1871noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 1596LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871H.J.Res. 521LEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 521), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 3064LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2816LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2579LEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 3, 1871S. 647LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 3, 1871H.R. 2920LEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 169 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
3 Congresses39th · 186541st · 1869
Republican · Senate · IL39th–41st
Term datesexact