WF
William Pitt Fessenden
Senator from MaineSENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1871ID F000099
LegislationHEADLINE
19%with Dems
of 1,685 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
19%with Dems
of 1,685 · both combined
Steepest move
+26 pts
1865 → 1867
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 ↓185718631869
1869–7041st Congress
Sat as a Republican
30%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1865 → 1867, +26 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
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Apr 22, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Apr 21, 1869noneLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 41st 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
7 Congresses35th · 185741st · 1869
Republican · Senate · ME35th–41st
Term datesexact