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Richard Franklin Pettigrew

Senator from South Dakota
SENATEREPUBLICAN→OTHER PARTY1889–1901ID P000271
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LegislationHEADLINE
47%with Dems
of 807 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
47%with Dems
of 807 · both combined
Steepest move
+46 pts
1895 → 1897
the label changed
Changed parties
55th
R → O · 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 ↓18891895R→O · 55th
1899–190056th Congress
Sat under another party label
84.4%with Democrats
of 96 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1895 → 1897, +46 pts — the Congress the label changed.
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 2, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 636No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 9047No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 9047), 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 2, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10302No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901H.R. 10539No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Mar 2, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 96 contested votes scored in the 56th 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
51st · 188955th · 189756th · 1899
Republican · Senate · SD51st–54th
Other party · Senate · SD55th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · South Dakota
RP

Richard Franklin Pettigrew

Senator from South Dakota
SENATER→O1889–19016 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
47.5%with Democrats
of 807 votes · 52.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested47%of 807 · combined
Steepest move+46 pts1895→97, under another label
Changed parties55thR→O

Career arc

100500R→O18891899
1899–1900 · 56th · Other party · of 96 votes84.4%

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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 · 96 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

51st · 188956th · 1899
Republican51st–54th
Other party55th–56th

Other party switchers

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