SC
Simon Cameron
Senator from PennsylvaniaSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1879ID C000068
LegislationHEADLINE
18%with Dems
of 1,425 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
18%with Dems
of 1,425 · both combined
Steepest move
−17 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 ↓1857186318691875
1877–7845th Congress
Sat as a Republican
0%with Democrats
of 4 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1875 → 1877, −17 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 17, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · 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
Mar 10, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 9, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 8, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 7, 1877noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Mar 6, 1877noneLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 4 contested votes scored in the 45th 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
8 Congresses35th · 185745th · 1877
Republican · Senate · PA35th–45th
Term datesexact