Justin Smith Morrill

Senator from Vermont

SENATEREPUBLICAN1857–1899ID M000969

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Dems

of 5,937 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

15%with Dems

of 5,937 · both combined

Steepest move

−12 pts

1869 → 1871

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 ↓1857186318691875188118871893

1897–9855th Congress

Sat as a Republican

3%with Democrats

of 100 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1869 → 1871, −12 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

Jul 6, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Jul 6, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.J.Res. 259), 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

Open roll call

Jul 6, 1898H.J.Res. 259No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Jul 6, 1898noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Jun 24, 1898S. 1035No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Jun 17, 1898S. 3414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY

Jun 17, 1898S. 3414No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 100 contested votes scored in the 55th 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

21 Congresses

35th · 185740th · 186755th · 1897

Republican · House · VT35th–39th

Republican · Senate · VT40th–55th

Term datesexact

Justin Smith Morrill

Senator from Vermont

SENATER1857–189921 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

15%with Democrats

of 5,937 votes · 85% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested15%of 5,937 · combined

Steepest move−12 pts1869→71, as a Republican

Career arc

10050018571897

1897–98 · 55th · Republican · of 100 votes3%

Legislation leads. Tap a point to read that Congress.

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 · 100 contested votes scored in the 55th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

35th · 185755th · 1897

Republican35th–39th

Republican40th–55th

Party switchers

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