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Jacob Collamer

Senator from Vermont
SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1867ID C000628
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LegislationHEADLINE
17%with Dems
of 1,055 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
17%with Dems
of 1,055 · both combined
Steepest move
+16 pts
1861 → 1863
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 ↓18571863
1863–6438th Congress
Sat as a Republican
33.5%with Democrats
of 161 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +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 11, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 11, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP 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
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Mar 11, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Mar 10, 1865noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
5 most recent roll calls shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 39th 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

5 Congresses
35th · 185739th · 1865
Republican · Senate · VT35th–39th
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
JC

Jacob Collamer

Senator from Vermont
SENATER1857–18675 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
17.3%with Democrats
of 1,055 votes · 82.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested17%of 1,055 · combined
Steepest move+16 pts1861→63, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571865
1863–64 · 38th · Republican · of 161 votes33.5%

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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
Open roll call
Latest 5 shown · 0 contested votes scored in the 39th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185739th · 1865
Republican35th–39th

Party switchers

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