Garrett Davis

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEOTHER PARTY→DEMOCRAT1861–1873ID D000099

LegislationHEADLINE

89%with Dems

of 1,351 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

89%with Dems

of 1,351 · both combined

Steepest move

+18 pts

1861 → 1863

under one label

Changed parties

39th

O → D · first Congress under it

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 ↓18611867O→D · 39th

1871–7242nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

88.8%with Democrats

of 98 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1861 → 1863, +18 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

May 1, 1872noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Apr 25, 1872H.R. 1654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Apr 25, 1872H.R. 1654No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 1654), 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

Open roll call

Mar 28, 1872H.R. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Mar 27, 1872H.R. 1537No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 7, 1872H.R. 380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Jan 31, 1872H.R. 380No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jan 29, 1872H.R. 243No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 42nd 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

6 Congresses

37th · 186139th · 186542nd · 1871

Other party · Senate · KY37th–38th

Democrat · Senate · KY39th–42nd

Term datesexact

Garrett Davis

Senator from Kentucky

SENATEO→D1861–18736 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

89.1%with Democrats

of 1,351 votes · 10.9% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested89%of 1,351 · combined

Steepest move+18 pts1861→63, under another label

Changed parties39thO→D

Career arc

100500O→D18611871

1871–72 · 42nd · Democrat · of 98 votes88.8%

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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 6 shown · 98 contested votes scored in the 42nd

By policy area

career

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

Service record

37th · 186142nd · 1871

Other party37th–38th

Democrat39th–42nd

Other party switchers

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