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David Levy Yulee
Senator from FloridaSENATEDEMOCRAT1857–1861ID Y000061
LegislationHEADLINE
88%with Dems
of 443 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
88%with Dems
of 443 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1857 → 1859
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 ↓1857
1859–6036th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
90.1%with Democrats
of 141 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1857 → 1859, +2 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
Jan 10, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Democratic majority
Jan 9, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 7, 1861noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Jan 5, 1861H.R. 701LEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 3, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 2, 1861noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Dec 31, 1860noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 141 contested votes scored in the 36th 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
2 Congresses35th · 185736th · 1859
Democrat · Senate · FL35th–36th
Term datesexact