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Edward Dickinson Baker

Senator from Oregon
SENATEREPUBLICAN1859–1863ID B000059
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LegislationHEADLINE
31%with Dems
of 159 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
31%with Dems
of 159 · both combined
Steepest move
−27 pts
1859 → 1861
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 ↓1859
1861–6237th Congress
Sat as a Republican
9.4%with Democrats
of 32 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1859 → 1861, −27 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
Aug 6, 1861S.J.Res. 1No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 6, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Aug 5, 1861S. 69No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Aug 5, 1861H.R. 101No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1861S.J.Res. 4No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 5, 1861noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 32 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

2 Congresses
36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican · Senate · OR36th–37th
Term datesexact
Members · Oregon
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Edward Dickinson Baker

Senator from Oregon
SENATER1859–18632 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
30.8%with Democrats
of 159 votes · 69.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested31%of 159 · combined
Steepest move−27 pts1859→61, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018591861
1861–62 · 37th · Republican · of 32 votes9.4%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 32 contested votes scored in the 37th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

36th · 185937th · 1861
Republican36th–37th

Party switchers

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